linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/30] W1: abort search early on on exit

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Message-ID: <20080731024808.GC12181@spacedout.fries.net>
Date:	Wed, 30 Jul 2008 21:48:08 -0500
From:	David Fries <david@...es.net>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Evgeniy Polyakov <johnpol@....mipt.ru>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 2/30] W1: abort search early on on exit

Early abort if the master driver or the hardware goes away in the
middle of a bus search operation.  The alternative is to spam the
print buffer up to 64*64 times with read errors in the case of USB.

Signed-off-by: David Fries <david@...es.net>
Signed-off-by: Evgeniy Polyakov <johnpol@....mipt.ru>
---
 drivers/w1/w1.c |    5 +++++
 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/w1/w1.c b/drivers/w1/w1.c
index 25640f6..aac03f1 100644
--- a/drivers/w1/w1.c
+++ b/drivers/w1/w1.c
@@ -772,6 +772,11 @@ void w1_search(struct w1_master *dev, u8 search_type, w1_slave_found_callback cb
 			/* extract the direction taken & update the device number */
 			tmp64 = (triplet_ret >> 2);
 			rn |= (tmp64 << i);
+
+			if (test_bit(W1_MASTER_NEED_EXIT, &dev->flags)) {
+				printk(KERN_INFO "Abort w1_search (exiting)\n");
+				return;
+			}
 		}
 
 		if ( (triplet_ret & 0x03) != 0x03 ) {
-- 
1.4.4.4
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