netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/2 v4] usbnet: allow status interrupt URB to always be active

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Date:	Wed, 10 Apr 2013 20:10:11 +0200
From:	Oliver Neukum <oliver@...kum.org>
To:	Dan Williams <dcbw@...hat.com>
Cc:	Ming Lei <tom.leiming@...il.com>,
	Elina Pasheva <epasheva@...rrawireless.com>,
	Network Development <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-usb <linux-usb@...r.kernel.org>,
	Rory Filer <rfiler@...rrawireless.com>,
	Phil Sutter <phil@....cc>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2 v4] usbnet: allow status interrupt URB to always be active

On Wednesday 10 April 2013 10:01:20 Dan Williams wrote:
> On Wed, 2013-04-10 at 15:58 +0200, Oliver Neukum wrote:
> > On Wednesday 10 April 2013 08:54:43 Dan Williams wrote:
> > > > The refcounting is very good. Just don't mess around with "force"
> > > 
> > > That's easy to do if the helpers aren't used for suspend/resume, which
> > > is what I had previously in my v2 patches until Ming suggested that I
> > > use the helpers there.  I can go back to that approach if you'd like, it
> > > is a bit less complicated at the expense of sprinkling the interrupt urb
> > > submit/kill code around more widely.
> > 
> > If you introduce a third helper like "forcibly_stop_interrupt" or something,
> > I'll be perfectly happy. Just don't use flags which completely alter behavior.
> > 
> > 	Regards
> > 		Oliver
> 
> Do you mean something more like this?  If so, I'll go ahead and do the
> formal submission.  Thanks!

That looks good and ready.

	Regards
		Oliver

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