kernel/linux.git/drivers/usb/core, branch v2.6.28

USB: skip Set-Interface(0) if already in altsetting 0

2008-12-17T18:49:14+00:00

When a driver unbinds from an interface, usbcore always sends a Set-Interface request to reinstall altsetting 0. Unforunately, quite a few devices have buggy firmware that crashes when it receives this request. To avoid such problems, this patch (as1180) arranges to send the Set-Interface request only when the interface is not already in altsetting 0. Signed-off-by: Alan Stern Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

USB: mention URB_FREE_BUFFER in usb_free_urb documentation

2008-11-13T22:45:02+00:00

The usb_free_urb comment says that the transfer buffer will not be freed, but this is not the case when URB_FREE_BUFFER is set. Signed-off-by: Rabin Vincent Acked-by: Marcel Holtmann Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

USB: don't register endpoints for interfaces that are going away

2008-11-13T22:45:00+00:00

This patch (as1155) fixes a bug in usbcore. When interfaces are deleted, either because the device was disconnected or because of a configuration change, the extra attribute files and child endpoint devices may get left behind. This is because the core removes them before calling device_del(). But during device_del(), after the driver is unbound the core will reinstall altsetting 0 and recreate those extra attributes and children. The patch prevents this by adding a flag to record when the interface is in the midst of being unregistered. When the flag is set, the attribute files and child devices will not be created. Signed-off-by: Alan Stern Cc: stable [2.6.27, 2.6.26, 2.6.25] Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

USB: prevent autosuspend during hub initialization

2008-10-29T21:54:41+00:00

This patch (as1153) fixes a potential problem in hub initialization. Starting in 2.6.28, initialization was split into several tasks to help speed up booting. This opens the possibility that the hub may be autosuspended before all the initialization tasks can complete. Normally that wouldn't matter, but with incomplete initialization there is a risk that the hub would never autoresume -- especially if devices were plugged into the hub beforehand. The solution is a simple one-line change to suppress autosuspend until the initialization is finished. Signed-off-by: Alan Stern Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

USB: fix crash when URBs are unlinked after the device is gone

2008-10-29T21:54:40+00:00

This patch (as1151) protects usbcore against drivers that try to unlink an URB after the URB's device or bus have been removed. The core does not currently check for this, and certain drivers can cause a crash if they are running while an HCD is unloaded. Certainly it would be best to fix the guilty drivers. But a little defensive programming doesn't hurt, especially since it appears that quite a few drivers need to be fixed. The patch prevents the problem by grabbing a reference to the device while an unlink is in progress and using a new spinlock to synchronize unlinks with device removal. (There's no need to acquire a reference to the bus as well, since the device structure itself keeps a reference to the bus.) In addition, the kerneldoc is updated to indicate that URBs should not be unlinked after the disconnect method returns. Signed-off-by: Alan Stern Cc: stable Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

USB: don't rebind drivers after failed resume or reset

2008-10-22T17:05:29+00:00

This patch (as1152) may help prevent some problems associated with the new policy of unbinding drivers that don't support suspend/resume or pre_reset/post_reset. If for any reason the resume or reset fails, and the device is logically disconnected, there's no point in trying to rebind the driver. So the patch checks for success before carrying out the unbind/rebind. There was a report from one user that this fixed a problem he was experiencing, but the details never became fully clear. In any case, adding these tests can't hurt. Signed-off-by: Alan Stern Cc: stable Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

USB: remove err() macro from usb core code

2008-10-17T21:41:11+00:00

USB should not be having it's own printk macros, so remove err() and use the system-wide standard of dev_err() wherever possible. In the few places that will not work out, use a basic printk(). Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

USB: remove warn() macro from usb drivers

2008-10-17T21:41:09+00:00

USB should not be having it's own printk macros, so remove warn() and use the system-wide standard of dev_warn() wherever possible. In the few places that will not work out, use a basic printk(). Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

USB: hub.c: Add initial_descriptor_timeout module parameter for usbcore

2008-10-17T21:41:04+00:00

This patch adds initial_descriptor_timeout module parameter for usbcore.ko to allow modify initial 64-byte USB_REQ_GET_DESCRIPTOR timeout for non-standard devices. For example, the SATA8000 device from DATAST0R Technology Corp requires about 10 seconds to send reply (probably it waits until inserted disk is ready for operation). Also, this patch adds missing usbcore parameters to Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt. Signed-off-by: Jaroslav Kysela Acked-by: Alan Stern Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

USB: Export if an interface driver supports autosuspend.

2008-10-17T21:41:03+00:00

Create a new sysfs file per interface named supports_autosuspend. This file returns true if an interface driver's .supports_autosuspend flag is set. It also returns true if the interface is unclaimed (since the USB core will autosuspend a device if an interface is not claimed). This new sysfs file will be useful for user space scripts to test whether a USB device correctly auto-suspends. Signed-off-by: Sarah Sharp Cc: Oliver Neukum Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman