> > > > > commit bd25f4dd6972755579d0ea50d1a5ace2e9b00d1a
> > > > > Author: Arnd Bergmann<arnd@arndb.de>
> > > > > Date: Sun Jul 11 15:34:05 2010 +0200
> > > > >
> > > > > HID: hiddev: use usb_find_interface, get rid of BKL
> > > > >
> > > > > This removes the private hiddev_table in the usbhid
> > > > > driver and changes it to use usb_find_interface
> > > > > instead.
> > > > >
> > > > > The advantage is that we can avoid the race between
> > > > > usb_register_dev and usb_open and no longer need the
> > > > > big kernel lock.
> > > > >
> > > > > This doesn't introduce race condition -- the intf pointer could
> > > > > be
> > > > > invalidated only in hiddev_disconnect() through
> > > > > usb_deregister_dev(),
> > > > > but that will block on minor_rwsem and not actually remove the
> > > > > device
> > > > > until usb_open().
> > > > >
> > > > > Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann<arnd@arndb.de>
> > > > > Cc: Jiri Kosina<jkosina@suse.cz>
> > > > > Cc: "Greg Kroah-Hartman"<gregkh@suse.de>
> > > > > Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina<jkosina@suse.cz>
> > > > >
> > > > Thanks, I had my suspicion about this commit (that's why I asked to you
> > > > verify with CONFIG_USB_HIDDEV turned off as well).
> > > >
> > > > Adding Arnd to CC and will look into it myself as well soon.
> > > >
> > > > Arnd, the complete thread can be found at
> > > >
http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/8/10/280
> > > >
> > > Could please those of you, who are able to reproduce the problem, verify
> > > whether the patch below (completely untested) makes everything behave
> > > again? Thanks.
> > >
> > Yes, everything behaves again. Thanks Jiri.
> >
>
> Seconded. Works good. Thanks for your support Jiri.
