linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.20-rc4-mm1 USB (asix) problem

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Message-id: <20070117135453.GA12703@pool-71-123-123-29.spfdma.east.verizon.net>
Date:	Wed, 17 Jan 2007 08:54:58 -0500
From:	Eric Buddington <ebuddington@...izon.net>
To:	David Hollis <dhollis@...ehollis.com>
Cc:	ebuddington@...leyan.edu, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 2.6.20-rc4-mm1 USB (asix) problem

On Wed, Jan 17, 2007 at 07:00:48AM -0500, David Hollis wrote:
> > 'rmmod asix' takes a really long time (45-80s) with any setting, and
> > sometimes coincides with ksoftirqd pegging (99.9% CPU) for several
> > seconds.
> 
> This I haven't seen before.  Does it occur even when the device is able
> to work (using 0 or the like from above)?  This may be due to something
> else in the USB subsystem or something.

Yes, the delay occurs even when the device works fine, and it results
in no suspicious dmesg's (just a couple of 'unregistering' messages).

I have no case when this delay doesn't occur; it's only in this
testing that I've had occasion to rmmod the driver at all. In and of
itself, it's not a big problem.

-Eric
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