linux/drivers/usb
Harald Welte 46113830a1 [PATCH] Fix signal sending in usbdevio on async URB completion
If a process issues an URB from userspace and (starts to) terminate
before the URB comes back, we run into the issue described above.  This
is because the urb saves a pointer to "current" when it is posted to the
device, but there's no guarantee that this pointer is still valid
afterwards.

In fact, there are three separate issues:

1) the pointer to "current" can become invalid, since the task could be
   completely gone when the URB completion comes back from the device.

2) Even if the saved task pointer is still pointing to a valid task_struct,
   task_struct->sighand could have gone meanwhile.

3) Even if the process is perfectly fine, permissions may have changed,
   and we can no longer send it a signal.

So what we do instead, is to save the PID and uid's of the process, and
introduce a new kill_proc_info_as_uid() function.

Signed-off-by: Harald Welte <laforge@gnumonks.org>
[ Fixed up types and added symbol exports ]
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-10-10 16:16:33 -07:00
..
atm [PATCH] USB: URB_ASYNC_UNLINK flag removed from the kernel 2005-09-08 16:23:04 -07:00
class [PATCH] drivers/usb: fix-up schedule_timeout() usage 2005-09-12 12:23:44 -07:00
core [PATCH] Fix signal sending in usbdevio on async URB completion 2005-10-10 16:16:33 -07:00
gadget [PATCH] USB: fix pxa2xx_udc compile warnings 2005-09-22 07:58:25 -07:00
host [ARM] Don't include mach-types.h unnecessarily 2005-09-29 11:15:51 +01:00
image [PATCH] clean up inline static vs static inline 2005-07-27 16:26:20 -07:00
input [PATCH] USB: add apple usb touchpad driver 2005-09-12 12:23:39 -07:00
media [PATCH] proc_mkdir() should be used to create procfs directories 2005-09-29 08:46:26 -07:00
misc [PATCH] usb: fix uss720 schedule with interrupts off 2005-09-12 12:23:53 -07:00
mon [PATCH] USB: Usbmon setup DMA patch 2005-09-12 12:23:54 -07:00
net [PATCH] USB: fix pegasus driver 2005-09-22 07:58:26 -07:00
serial [PATCH] USB: Add Novatel CDMA Wireless PC card IDs to airprime 2005-09-22 07:58:26 -07:00
storage [PATCH] USB: usb-storage: Add unusual_devs entry for Neuros Audio MP3 player 2005-09-12 12:23:51 -07:00
Kconfig [PATCH] USB: add S3C24XX USB Host driver support 2005-07-29 13:12:53 -07:00
Makefile [PATCH] USB: add ldusb driver 2005-07-12 11:52:57 -07:00
README Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
usb-skeleton.c [PATCH] USB: fix Bug in usb-skeleton.c 2005-07-29 13:12:54 -07:00

README

To understand all the Linux-USB framework, you'll use these resources:

    * This source code.  This is necessarily an evolving work, and
      includes kerneldoc that should help you get a current overview.
      ("make pdfdocs", and then look at "usb.pdf" for host side and
      "gadget.pdf" for peripheral side.)  Also, Documentation/usb has
      more information.

    * The USB 2.0 specification (from www.usb.org), with supplements
      such as those for USB OTG and the various device classes.
      The USB specification has a good overview chapter, and USB
      peripherals conform to the widely known "Chapter 9".

    * Chip specifications for USB controllers.  Examples include
      host controllers (on PCs, servers, and more); peripheral
      controllers (in devices with Linux firmware, like printers or
      cell phones); and hard-wired peripherals like Ethernet adapters.

    * Specifications for other protocols implemented by USB peripheral
      functions.  Some are vendor-specific; others are vendor-neutral
      but just standardized outside of the www.usb.org team.

Here is a list of what each subdirectory here is, and what is contained in
them.

core/		- This is for the core USB host code, including the
		  usbfs files and the hub class driver ("khubd").

host/		- This is for USB host controller drivers.  This
		  includes UHCI, OHCI, EHCI, and others that might
		  be used with more specialized "embedded" systems.

gadget/		- This is for USB peripheral controller drivers and
		  the various gadget drivers which talk to them.


Individual USB driver directories.  A new driver should be added to the
first subdirectory in the list below that it fits into.

image/		- This is for still image drivers, like scanners or
		  digital cameras.
input/		- This is for any driver that uses the input subsystem,
		  like keyboard, mice, touchscreens, tablets, etc.
media/		- This is for multimedia drivers, like video cameras,
		  radios, and any other drivers that talk to the v4l
		  subsystem.
net/		- This is for network drivers.
serial/		- This is for USB to serial drivers.
storage/	- This is for USB mass-storage drivers.
class/		- This is for all USB device drivers that do not fit
		  into any of the above categories, and work for a range
		  of USB Class specified devices. 
misc/		- This is for all USB device drivers that do not fit
		  into any of the above categories.