linux-kernel - Re: [REGRESSION] "USB: use kfifo to buffer usb-generic serial writes" causes gobi

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Date:	Wed, 3 Feb 2010 16:46:59 +0000
From:	Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org>
To:	Oliver Neukum <oliver@...kum.org>
Cc:	dvomlehn@...co.com, gregkh@...e.de, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [REGRESSION] "USB: use kfifo to buffer usb-generic serial
	writes" causes gobi_loader to hang

On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 02:20:29PM +0100, Oliver Neukum wrote:
> Am Montag, 18. Januar 2010 21:14:16 schrieb Matthew Garrett:
> 
> > drivers/usb/serial/generic.c: usb_serial_generic_write - port 0, 1565 
> > bytes
> > drivers/usb/serial/generic.c: usb_serial_generic_write - put 0 bytes 
> > into fifo
> > drivers/usb/serial/generic.c: usb_serial_generic_read_bulk_callback - 
> > port 0
> 
> If the FIFO is full we can do nothing. Please try the attached patch.

Doesn't help, I'm afraid. Does anyone have any idea why the change to 
use kfifo would cause this?

-- 
Matthew Garrett | mjg59@...f.ucam.org
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