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Date:	Tue, 20 May 2008 17:24:06 +0200
From:	Pavel Machek <pavel@...e.cz>
To:	Marcel Holtmann <marcel@...tmann.org>
Cc:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, hidave.darkstar@...il.com,
	linux-bluetooth@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch 2/3] hci_usb: remove code obfuscation

Hi!

>> There needs to be some load on the usb. I use
>> rsync-over-bt-over-gprs/umts.
>
> you told me before and I believe you. This driver is not in its best shape. 
> Weird thing is that I never got it re-produced. If you find the real cause. 
> That would be great.

The cause seems to be hci_usb_close() racing with the USB core and
completion handlers...

>>>> It could be easily fixed by just not freeing the urbs during
>>>> disconnect (introducing very very slow memory leak). Would that be
>>>> acceptable?
>>>
>>> I don't think so.
>>>
>>> Have you ever tried btusb driver? That code is a lot cleaner and it uses
>>> USB anchors for the queued URBs (no home grown broken URB queues).
>>
>> I wish I knew about  this one earlier. Yes, it seems to work for me.
>
> Does this mean you are not fixing hci_usb anymore ;)

I'm not sure what's next, as hci_usb is still in opensuse11...
									Pavel
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