[PATCH]cypress_cy7c63: race disconnect/sysfs read-write leading to following NULL pointer

Hi,

this driver sets intfdata to NULL while it still can be read and happily followed.

	Regards
		OIiver
Signed-off-by: Oliver Neukum <[email protected]>
-- 
--- a/drivers/usb/misc/cypress_cy7c63.c	2007-03-30 10:09:05.000000000 +0200
+++ b/drivers/usb/misc/cypress_cy7c63.c	2007-03-30 10:09:10.000000000 +0200
@@ -246,11 +246,13 @@
 	struct cypress *dev;
 
 	dev = usb_get_intfdata(interface);
-	usb_set_intfdata(interface, NULL);
 
 	/* remove device attribute files */
 	device_remove_file(&interface->dev, &dev_attr_port0);
 	device_remove_file(&interface->dev, &dev_attr_port1);
+	/* the intfdata can be set to NULL only after the
+	 * device files have been removed */
+	usb_set_intfdata(interface, NULL);
 
 	usb_put_dev(dev->udev);
 

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