Re: [patch 14/71] USB: EHCI: use the new clear_tt_buffer interface

From: Alan Stern
Date: Wed Jul 29 2009 - 10:25:02 EST


On Wed, 29 Jul 2009, Greg KH wrote:

> On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 09:56:31AM -0400, Alan Stern wrote:
> > On Tue, 28 Jul 2009, Greg KH wrote:
> >
> > > 2.6.30-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know.
> > >
> > > ------------------
> > >
> > > From: Alan Stern <stern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >
> > > commit 914b701280a76f96890ad63eb0fa99bf204b961c upstream.
> > >
> > > This patch (as1256) changes ehci-hcd and all the other drivers in the
> > > EHCI family to make use of the new clear_tt_buffer callbacks. When a
> > > Clear-TT-Buffer request is in progress for a QH, the QH is not allowed
> > > to be linked into the async schedule until the request is finished.
> > > At that time, if there are any URBs queued for the QH, it is linked
> > > into the async schedule.
> >
> > Greg, can we hold off on applying this patch to the stable tree?
> >
> > It turns out that this change causes a WARN_ON to trigger in some
> > circumstances, and the proposed patch to fix _that_ hasn't yet been
> > submitted to the mainline because a few people have reported that it
> > leaks DMA pool memory. So far there hasn't been much progress in
> > tracking this down.
>
> Sure, I'll drop it. Should I also drop the patch before this one as
> well, which was there only because this patch needed it?

In terms of functionality, it doesn't matter. I guess you might as
well.

> Let me know when/if you ever want it added to the -stable trees in the
> future.

I will.

Alan Stern

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