Re: [linux-usb-devel] Fw: X is killed when trying to suspend withUSB Mouse plugged in

[Alan Stern]

On Mon, 18 Oct 2004, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:

> > I don't know about /dev/input/mouse1.  But the oops isn't a bug... it's a 
> > weakness in the way Linux implements loadable kernel modules.
> > 
> 
> Ugh, it is not module implementation weakness, it looks like refcounting
> problem in USB.

Could you explain that more fully?  Are you talking about a particular 
refcounting problem in the usbhid subsystem or do you mean a more 
pervasive problem in the whole USB system?  And why do you say it's a 
refcounting problem in the first place?

Alan Stern

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