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Date:	Wed, 09 May 2012 21:22:20 +0400
From:	Sergei Shtylyov <sshtylyov@...sta.com>
To:	Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre@...el.com>
CC:	stern@...land.harvard.edu, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	plagnioj@...osoft.com, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org,
	stable <stable@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] USB: ohci-at91: add a reset function to fix race condition

Hello.

On 09-05-2012 12:48, Nicolas Ferre wrote:

> A possible race condition appears because we are not initializing
> the ohci->regs before calling usb_hcd_request_irqs().
> We move the call to ohci_init() in hcd->driver->reset() instead of
> hcd->driver->start() to fix this.
> This was experienced when we share the same IRQ line between OHCI and EHCI
> controllers.

> Signed-off-by: Nicolas Ferre<nicolas.ferre@...el.com>
> Tested-by: Christian Eggers<christian.eggers@...hrein.de>
> Cc: stable<stable@...r.kernel.org>
> ---
>   drivers/usb/host/ohci-at91.c |   11 ++++++++++-
>   1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

> diff --git a/drivers/usb/host/ohci-at91.c b/drivers/usb/host/ohci-at91.c
> index 13ebeca..55d3d64 100644
> --- a/drivers/usb/host/ohci-at91.c
> +++ b/drivers/usb/host/ohci-at91.c
> @@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ static void __devexit usb_hcd_at91_remove(struct usb_hcd *hcd,
>   /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
>
>   static int __devinit
> -ohci_at91_start (struct usb_hcd *hcd)
> +ohci_at91_reset (struct usb_hcd *hcd)

    Have you run the patch thru scripts/checkpatch.pl? There should be no 
space between function name and '('.

>   {
>   	struct at91_usbh_data	*board = hcd->self.controller->platform_data;
>   	struct ohci_hcd		*ohci = hcd_to_ohci (hcd);
> @@ -233,6 +233,14 @@ ohci_at91_start (struct usb_hcd *hcd)
>   		return ret;
>
>   	ohci->num_ports = board->ports;
> +	return 0;
> +}
> +
> +static int __devinit
> +ohci_at91_start (struct usb_hcd *hcd)

    Same here.

> +{
> +	struct ohci_hcd		*ohci = hcd_to_ohci (hcd);

    And here.

WBR, Sergei
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