--- hub.c-original	Tue Oct  9 17:15:02 2001
+++ hub.c	Sun Oct 14 21:09:18 2001
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@
  * (C) Copyright 1999 Johannes Erdfelt
  * (C) Copyright 1999 Gregory P. Smith
  * (C) Copyright 2001 Brad Hards (bhards@bigpond.net.au)
- *
+ */
+/* Workaround to avoid zombies. (Untested)
+ * (C) 2001 Kasper Dupont <kasperd@daimi.au.dk>
  */
 
 #include <linux/config.h>
@@ -714,7 +716,7 @@
 		kfree(tempstr);
 }
 
-static void usb_hub_events(void)
+static void usb_hub_events(void*unused)
 {
 	unsigned long flags;
 	struct list_head *tmp;
@@ -852,7 +854,22 @@
 
 	/* Send me a signal to get me die (for debugging) */
 	do {
-		usb_hub_events();
+		/* Instead of calling usb_hub_events()
+		* I leave the job to keventd. That way
+		* new kernel threads will have keventd
+		* as father instead of khubd. It would
+		* be better but more difficult to have
+		* khubd taking care of its own dead
+		* children.
+		*/
+		struct tq_struct task;
+		task.routine=usb_hub_events;
+		schedule_task(&task);
+		/* I believe flushing at this point is
+		* the safest thing to do. It might not
+		* be the most efficient though.
+		*/
+		flush_scheduled_tasks();
 		interruptible_sleep_on(&khubd_wait);
 	} while (!signal_pending(current));