linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] net: usb: ax88179_178a: avoid failed operations when device is disconnected

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Message-ID: <20231201104615.173933-1-jtornosm@redhat.com>
Date:   Fri,  1 Dec 2023 11:46:14 +0100
From:   Jose Ignacio Tornos Martinez <jtornosm@...hat.com>
To:     stern@...land.harvard.edu
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com, jtornosm@...hat.com,
        kuba@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-usb@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        oneukum@...e.com, pabeni@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: usb: ax88179_178a: avoid failed operations when device is disconnected

Hi Alan,

Thank you for your help.
    
> Another possibility would be to have the unbind routine set a flag in
> the private data structure, and then make the ax88179_write_cmd() and
> ax88179_read_cmd() routines avoid printing error messages if the flag is
> set.  Or don't bother with the flag, and simply make the routines skip
> printing an error message if a transfer fails with error code -ENODEV.

Yes, I had thought about those possibilities and I think they are the only
ones from the driver. As you are commenting as well, I will try a second
version with that.

Best regards
José Ignacio