On Sat, Aug 31, 2013 at 04:20:09AM +0300, Xenia Ragiadakou wrote:
> In usb_reset_and_verify_device(), hub_port_init() allocates a new bos
> descriptor to hold the value read by the device. The new bos descriptor
> has to be compared with the old one in order to figure out if device 's
> firmware has changed in which case the device has to be reenumerated.
> In the original code, none of the two descriptors was deallocated leading
> to memory leaks.
>
> This patch compares the old bos descriptor with the new one to detect change
> in firmware and releases the newly allocated bos descriptor to prevent memory
> leak.
>
> Signed-off-by: Xenia Ragiadakou <burzalod...@gmail.com>
> Reported-by: Martin MOKREJS <mmokr...@gmail.com>
> Tested-by: Martin MOKREJS <mmokr...@gmail.com>
> Suggested-by: Alan Stern <st...@rowland.harvard.edu>
> ---
>
> Differences from v2:
>
> fix incorrect type in assignment ('le16' was assigned to 'unsigned int')
I don't want to revert your previous patch, as it's already in my tree,
so can you just send a single patch that fixes the issue, giving the
proper "Reported-by:" mark for the person who told you about this
problem.
thanks,.
greg k-h
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