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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/hid')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/hid/usbhid/hiddev.c | 5 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/hid/usbhid/hiddev.c b/drivers/hid/usbhid/hiddev.c index aa214170baf..93dcb7e2910 100644 --- a/drivers/hid/usbhid/hiddev.c +++ b/drivers/hid/usbhid/hiddev.c @@ -875,16 +875,21 @@ int hiddev_connect(struct hid_device *hid, unsigned int force) hiddev->hid = hid; hiddev->exist = 1; + /* when lock_kernel() usage is fixed in usb_open(), + * we could also fix it here */ + lock_kernel(); retval = usb_register_dev(usbhid->intf, &hiddev_class); if (retval) { err_hid("Not able to get a minor for this device."); hid->hiddev = NULL; + unlock_kernel(); kfree(hiddev); return -1; } else { hid->minor = usbhid->intf->minor; hiddev_table[usbhid->intf->minor - HIDDEV_MINOR_BASE] = hiddev; } + unlock_kernel(); return 0; } |