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By all means, this should\nnot occur as said callback must always be set to\nget_zero_valid_routes() in __comedi_device_postconfig().\n\nAs the crash seems to appear exclusively in i386 kernels, at least,\njudging from [1] reports, the blame lies with compat versions\nof standard IOCTL handlers. Several of them are modified and\ndo not use comedi_unlocked_ioctl(). While functionality of these\nioctls essentially copy their original versions, they do not\nhave required sanity check for device's attached status. 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