linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] usb: xhci-mtk: fix unreleased bandwidth data

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Date:   Thu, 10 Dec 2020 11:58:45 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Ikjoon Jang <ikjn@...omium.org>
Cc:     linux-mediatek@...ts.infradead.org, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org,
        Zhanyong Wang <zhanyong.wang@...iatek.com>,
        Chunfeng Yun <chunfeng.yun@...iatek.com>,
        Tianping Fang <tianping.fang@...iatek.com>,
        Mathias Nyman <mathias.nyman@...el.com>,
        Matthias Brugger <matthias.bgg@...il.com>,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] usb: xhci-mtk: fix unreleased bandwidth data

On Thu, Dec 10, 2020 at 06:47:47PM +0800, Ikjoon Jang wrote:
> xhci-mtk has hooks on add_endpoint() and drop_endpoint() from xhci
> to handle its own sw bandwidth managements and stores bandwidth data
> into internal table every time add_endpoint() is called,
> so when bandwidth allocation fails at one endpoint, all earlier
> allocation from the same interface could still remain at the table.
> 
> This patch adds two more hooks from check_bandwidth() and
> reset_bandwidth(), and make mtk-xhci to releases all failed endpoints
> from reset_bandwidth().
> 
> Fixes: 0cbd4b34cda9 ("xhci: mediatek: support MTK xHCI host controller")
> Signed-off-by: Ikjoon Jang <ikjn@...omium.org>

Shouldn't this be the first patch in the series?  You don't want a fix
to be dependent on code style changes, otherwise it is really really
hard to backport it to older kernels that might need this fix, right?

Can you re-order these patches please?

thanks,

greg k-h