Bug#631287: BUG during access to hiddev (APC UPS)

[Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>]

Steven Chamberlain wrote:

> I've been running a 2.6.32-41 kernel with those patches for 8 days, but
> all I can say is that I haven't noticed any *new* issues.
>
> My USB-attached APC UPS is working exactly as before, although still
> affected by #409349 (control queue full).
>
> I have never experienced the #631287 BUG to date, so I can't say if the
> patches really made an improvement.

Thanks much for testing.  Very useful.

>                                      I would plug/unplug the UPS a few
> times to check for this, except:

No problem.  (Hopefully someone who experienced the problem might
report back, or if not, we might apply the patches anyway after
reading the code more carefully.)

Ciao,
Jonathan