netdev - Re: [PATCH] usbnet: rx_submit() should return an error code.

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Date:	Tue, 10 Aug 2010 09:42:05 +0200
From:	Oliver Neukum <oneukum@...e.de>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	ellyjones@...gle.com, stern@...land.harvard.edu,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org,
	jglasgow@...gle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] usbnet: rx_submit() should return an error code.

Am Dienstag, 10. August 2010, 09:18:55 schrieb David Miller:
> From: Elly Jones <ellyjones@...gle.com>
> Date: Mon, 9 Aug 2010 18:37:50 -0400
> 
> > This patch makes rx_submit() return an error code, and makes some call sites
> > that care check the return value. This is important because it lets us properly
> > handle cases where the device isn't ready to handle URB submissions (e.g., when
> > it is autosuspended under some drivers); previously, we would attempt and fail
> > to submit URBs and reschedule ourselves to try and fail again. This patch is
> > against Linus's 2.6 repo commit 45d7f32c7a43cbb9592886d38190e379e2eb2226.
> > 
> > Signed-Off-By: Elizabeth Jones <ellyjones@...gle.com>
> 
> What gets kevent() running again to run the rx_submit() calls when the
> device comes back from being suspended?
> 

usbnet_resume() schedules usbnet_bh() which will take care of that.

	Regards
		Oliver
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