Re: usb devicefs flaw

From: Greg KH (greg@kroah.com)
Date: Sun Aug 04 2002 - 14:22:15 EST


On Sun, Aug 04, 2002 at 08:58:23PM +0200, Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl wrote:
> In drivers/usb/core/usb.c the routine usb_alloc_dev() will
> set the devpath for the root hub to "/".
> Then usb_find_drivers() constructs a filename used by driverfs
> using
>
> sprintf (&interface->dev.bus_id[0], "%s-%s:%d",
> dev->bus->bus_name, dev->devpath,
> interface->altsetting->bInterfaceNumber);
>
> This leads to filenames like "00:07.2-/:0" with embedded '/'.

Fix is already in Linus's tree, thanks to David Brownell:
        http://linus.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.5/cset@1.437.41.12

Original patch sent to linux-usb-devel for this is at:
        http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-usb-devel&m=102831350007377&w=2
        
thanks,

greg k-h
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