netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/2 v5] usbnet: allow status interrupt URB to always be active

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Message-ID: <4272156.Maoc6Md9Rk@linux-5eaq.site>
Date:	Wed, 10 Apr 2013 23:35:06 +0200
From:	Oliver Neukum <oliver@...kum.org>
To:	Dan Williams <dcbw@...hat.com>
Cc:	Ming Lei <tom.leiming@...il.com>,
	Elina Pasheva <epasheva@...rrawireless.com>,
	Network Development <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-usb <linux-usb@...r.kernel.org>,
	Rory Filer <rfiler@...rrawireless.com>,
	Phil Sutter <phil@....cc>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2 v5] usbnet: allow status interrupt URB to always be active

On Wednesday 10 April 2013 15:30:50 Dan Williams wrote:
> Some drivers (sierra_net) need the status interrupt URB
> active even when the device is closed, because they receive
> custom indications from firmware.  Add functions to refcount
> the status interrupt URB submit/kill operation so that
> sub-drivers and the generic driver don't fight over whether
> the status interrupt URB is active or not.
> 
> A sub-driver can call usbnet_status_start() at any time, but
> the URB is only submitted the first time the function is
> called.  Likewise, when the sub-driver is done with the URB,
> it calls usbnet_status_stop() but the URB is only killed when
> all users have stopped it.  The URB is still killed and
> re-submitted for suspend/resume, as before, with the same
> refcount it had at suspend.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <dcbw@...hat.com>
Acked-by: Oliver Neukum <oliver@...kum.org>

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