Re: [PATCH] usb: hub: Use correct reset for wedged USB3 devices thatare NOTATTACHED

[Greg Kroah-Hartman]

On Wed, Nov 06, 2013 at 12:27:21PM -0800, Julius Werner wrote:
> This patch adds a check for USB_STATE_NOTATTACHED to the
> hub_port_warm_reset_required() workaround for ports that end up in
> Compliance Mode in hub_events() when trying to decide which reset
> function to use. Trying to call usb_reset_device() with a NOTATTACHED
> device will just fail and leave the port broken.

Who makes those calls, drivers?  Any specific ones that you know need to
be fixed?

> Also bumped the messages about this kind of reset failure from dev_dbg()
> to dev_warn() to make it easier to notice, since calling that function
> with a NOTATTACHED device would almost always be a bug

But what can a user do if those messages show up?

thanks,

greg k-h
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