linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 1/3] usb: gadget: Refactor request completion

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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.44L0.1409241106100.1580-100000@iolanthe.rowland.org>
Date:	Wed, 24 Sep 2014 11:08:16 -0400 (EDT)
From:	Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>
To:	Michal Sojka <sojka@...ica.cz>
cc:	Felipe Balbi <balbi@...com>, <linux-usb@...r.kernel.org>,
	Bryan Wu <cooloney@...il.com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Linux LED Subsystem <linux-leds@...r.kernel.org>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <michal.vokac@...ap.cz>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 1/3] usb: gadget: Refactor request completion

On Tue, 23 Sep 2014, Michal Sojka wrote:

> >> +/**
> >> + * usb_gadget_giveback_request - give the request back to the gadget layer
> >> + * Context: in_interrupt()
> >> + *
> >> + * This is called by device controller drivers in order to return the
> >> + * completed request back to the gadget layer.
> >> + */
> >> +void usb_gadget_giveback_request(struct usb_ep *ep,
> >> +		struct usb_request *req)
> >> +{
> >> +	if (likely(req->complete))
> >> +		req->complete(ep, req);
> >> +	else
> >> +		pr_err("%s : req->complete must not be NULL\n", __func__);
> >
> > let it Oops. We require ->complete to be valid, if there's any gadget
> > driver not setting ->complete, it deserves to oops so we can the
> > error.
> 
> The Oops was there before, but I removed it because greg k-h didn't want
> it. See http://marc.info/?l=linux-usb&m=140917381611947&w=2. Do you
> still want the oops here?

Greg didn't want you to add a BUG() statement, whereas Felipe wants you
to leave out the "if" test and pr_err().  Just omit both, and everyone
will be satisfied.

Alan Stern

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