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Alan Stern 526fed8b3c USB: fix bugs in usb_(de)authorize_device
commit da307123c6 upstream.

This patch (as1315) fixes some bugs in the USB core authorization
code:

	usb_deauthorize_device() should deallocate the device strings
	instead of leaking them, and it should invoke
	usb_destroy_configuration() (which does proper reference
	counting) instead of freeing the config information directly.

	usb_authorize_device() shouldn't change the device strings
	until it knows that the authorization will succeed, and it should
	autosuspend the device at the end (having autoresumed the
	device at the start).

	Because the device strings can be changed, the sysfs routines
	to display the strings must protect the string pointers by
	locking the device.

Signed-off-by: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>
CC: Inaky Perez-Gonzalez <inaky@linux.intel.com>
Acked-by: David Vrabel <david.vrabel@csr.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2010-01-06 15:03:46 -08:00
..
2008-06-04 08:06:01 -07:00
2009-09-23 06:46:37 -07:00

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.