Alan Stern 2d93148ab6 USB: serial: fix lifetime and locking problems
This patch (as1229) fixes a few lifetime and locking problems in the
usb-serial driver.  The main symptom is that an invalid kevent is
created when the serial device is unplugged while a connection is
active.

	Ports should be unregistered when device is disconnected,
	not when the parent usb_serial structure is deallocated.

	Each open file should hold a reference to the corresponding
	port structure, and the reference should be released when
	the file is closed.

	serial->disc_mutex should be acquired in serial_open(), to
	resolve the classic race between open and disconnect.

	serial_close() doesn't need to hold both serial->disc_mutex
	and port->mutex at the same time.

	Release the subdriver's module reference only after releasing
	all the other references, in case one of the release routines
	needs to invoke some code in the subdriver module.

	Replace a call to flush_scheduled_work() (which is prone to
	deadlocks) with cancel_work_sync().  Also, add a call to
	cancel_work_sync() in the disconnect routine.

	Reduce the scope of serial->disc_mutex in serial_disconnect().
	The only place it really needs to protect is where the
	"disconnected" flag is set.

This fixes the bug reported in

	http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20703

Signed-off-by: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>
Tested-by: Dan Williams <dcbw@redhat.com>
Tested-by: Ming Lei <tom.leiming@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Oliver Neukum <oliver@neukum.org>
Acked-by: Alan Cox <alan@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
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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.