On Thu, 6 May 2010, Alan Stern wrote:

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> On Thu, 6 May 2010, Bruno [UTF-8] Prémont wrote:
> 
> > > Bruno, can you confirm that the hang occurs during one of those 
> > > cancel_work_sync() calls?
> > 
> > No, it's not one of the cancel_work_sync() that hangs but it's the
> > del_timer_sync() right before them that hangs!
> > (del_timer_sync() also hangs if I put it last, so the cancel_work_sync()
> > don't hang anything)
> > 
> > static void hid_cancel_delayed_stuff(struct usbhid_device *usbhid)
> > {
> > 	del_timer_sync(&usbhid->io_retry); /* this one never returns */
> > 	cancel_work_sync(&usbhid->restart_work);
> > 	cancel_work_sync(&usbhid->reset_work);
> > }
> 
> Okay, I see what the problem is.  In usbhid_start() there's a bunch of
> statements initializing parts of the usbhid structure.  When probing
> fails those statements don't get executed, so the timer and workqueue
> things aren't set up properly.
> 
> This patch should fix it.

Indeed, good catch, thanks a lot Alan!

Could you please send to me with your Signed-off-by: line and short 
changelog, so that I could apply it with proper credit being given to you?

And Bruno, thanks a lot for excellent testing efforts.

-- 
Jiri Kosina
SUSE Labs, Novell Inc.
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