Bug 689699 - Deadlock between device driver attachment and device removal with a USB device [rhel-5.6.z]
Summary: Deadlock between device driver attachment and device removal with a USB devic...
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
Classification: Red Hat
Component: kernel
Version: 5.5
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
urgent
urgent
Target Milestone: rc
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Assignee: Phillip Lougher
QA Contact: Red Hat Kernel QE team
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Depends On: 637930
Blocks: 568128
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Reported: 2011-03-22 08:02 UTC by RHEL Program Management
Modified: 2011-06-02 13:24 UTC (History)
11 users (show)

Fixed In Version: kernel-2.6.18-238.10.1.el5
Doc Type: Bug Fix
Doc Text:
Under certain circumstances, a deadlock could occur between the khubd process of the USB stack and the modprobe of the usb-storage module. This was because the khubd process, when attempting to delete a usb device, waited for the reference count of knode_bus to be of value 0. However, modprobe, when loading the usb-storage module, scans all USB devices and increments the reference count, preventing the khubd process to continue. With this update, the underlying source code has been modified to address this issue, and a deadlock no longer occurs in the aforementioned case.
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Last Closed: 2011-05-31 14:07:14 UTC
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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2011:0833 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Important: kernel security and bug fix update 2011-05-31 14:05:42 UTC

Description RHEL Program Management 2011-03-22 08:02:53 UTC 
This bug has been copied from bug #637930 and has been proposed
to be backported to 5.6 z-stream (EUS).
Comment 3 Phillip Lougher 2011-04-15 15:04:57 UTC 
in kernel-2.6.18-238.10.1.el5

linux-2.6-misc-pm-add-comment-explaining-is_registered-kabi-work-around.patch
linux-2.6-base-fix-potential-deadlock-in-driver-core.patch
Comment 6 errata-xmlrpc 2011-05-31 14:07:14 UTC 
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on therefore solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0833.html
Comment 7 Martin Prpič 2011-06-02 13:24:01 UTC 
    Technical note added. If any revisions are required, please edit the "Technical Notes" field
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Under certain circumstances, a deadlock could occur between the khubd process of the USB stack and the modprobe of the usb-storage module. This was because the khubd process, when attempting to delete a usb device, waited for the reference count of knode_bus to be of value 0. However, modprobe, when loading the usb-storage module, scans all USB devices and increments the reference count, preventing the khubd process to continue. With this update, the underlying source code has been modified to address this issue, and a deadlock no longer occurs in the aforementioned case.
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