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Message-ID: <558CDA7A.3070900@linux.intel.com>
Date:	Fri, 26 Jun 2015 12:52:10 +0800
From:	"Lu, Baolu" <baolu.lu@...ux.intel.com>
To:	Mathias Nyman <mathias.nyman@...ux.intel.com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Mathias Nyman <mathias.nyman@...el.com>,
	Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>
CC:	linux-usb@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 3/3] usb: xhci: remove stop device and ring doorbell
 in hub control and bus suspend



On 06/25/2015 10:53 PM, Mathias Nyman wrote:
> On 09.05.2015 04:15, Lu Baolu wrote:
>> There is no need to call xhci_stop_device() and xhci_ring_device() in
>> hub control and bus suspend functions since all device suspend and
>> resume have been notified through device_suspend/device_resume interfaces.
> I was looking through this code again before sending it forward, and it occurred to
> me that this might be breaking the PORT_SUSPEND and PORT_SET_LINK_STATE port features
> for xhci root hub.
>
> In normal use these requests are called by usb core in usb_port_suspend(), which
> also now notifies xhci, which makes sure xhci_stop_device() is called.
>
> But I don't think there is anything preventing an URB to be sent to the xhci roothub
> with a PORT_SUSPEND or PORT_SET_LINK_STATE port feature request. In this case the usb_port_suspend()
> is not called, and no notify will stop the device.
>
> For example hub validation tests might do this.

If that, we can drop this patch. It doesn't impact the other two patches 
in this patch series.

Thanks,
Baolu
>
> -Mathias
>
>
>
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