On Tue, 24 Jul 2007, Pavel Roskin wrote:
> Hi, Pete!
>
> On Tue, 2007-07-24 at 13:09 -0700, Pete Zaitcev wrote:
> > On Tue, 24 Jul 2007 01:55:26 -0400, Pavel Roskin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > I was able to check that the data buffer remains unchanged even though
> > > the data size is not 0. Actually, the return code is 0, which indicates
> > > that 0 bytes have been read. But why? And why is it not an error?
>
> It turns out usb_control_msg() returns 0 in two cases where it returns
> -EPIPE in Linux 2.6.22. Return value 0 is not expected to be an error,
> which prevents second stage of the firmware download, normally triggered
> by an error reading the firmware version.
>
> Since the firmware version is not loaded, other usb_control_msg() calls
> fail as well in the same fashion, by returning 0. Treating return code
> 0 as an error fixes the driver in Linux 2.6.23-rc1.
>
> However, I think it's wrong to return 0 if more than 0 bytes were
> requested. usb_control_msg() is synchronous, and the caller is supposed
> to wait for the data. If the function returns and the data is not
> there, it should be an error IMHO.
>
> > I looked at the changes in -rc1 and the only two vaguely suspicious areas
> > are the suspend and the ehci_hcd. So, I'm afraid someone has to bisect.
>
> Oh well. I'll try.
>
> > The URB_SHORT_NOT_OK flag is not default. I don't remember exactly why.
>
> I guess you mean that the temporary URB in usb_internal_control_msg()
> should use that flag? That sounds like a good idea, at least on the
> surface.
>
> > > I'll appreciate if some of the USB developers have a brief look at the
> > > driver. Sure, I can debug deeper into usb_control_msg(), but most
> > > likely the driver is just doing something stupid.
> > >
> > > The patch for the kernel:
> > > http://80211libre.org/at76/at76_usb.patch
> >
> > I don't see anything suspicious in the patch.
>
> Thanks!
I found the problem. Greg's urb->status conversion was somewhat hasty.
Here's an untested patch to fix it.
Alan Stern
Index: 2.6.23-rc1/drivers/usb/core/message.c
===================================================================
--- 2.6.23-rc1.orig/drivers/usb/core/message.c
+++ 2.6.23-rc1/drivers/usb/core/message.c
@@ -18,9 +18,17 @@
#include "hcd.h" /* for usbcore internals */
#include "usb.h"
+struct api_context {
+ struct completion done;
+ int status;
+};
+
static void usb_api_blocking_completion(struct urb *urb)
{
- complete((struct completion *)urb->context);
+ struct api_context *ctx = urb->context;
+
+ ctx->status = urb->status;
+ complete(&ctx->done);
}
@@ -32,20 +40,21 @@ static void usb_api_blocking_completion(
*/
static int usb_start_wait_urb(struct urb *urb, int timeout, int *actual_length)
{
- struct completion done;
+ struct api_context ctx;
unsigned long expire;
int retval;
- int status = urb->status;
- init_completion(&done);
- urb->context = &done;
+ init_completion(&ctx.done);
+ urb->context = &ctx;
urb->actual_length = 0;
retval = usb_submit_urb(urb, GFP_NOIO);
if (unlikely(retval))
goto out;
expire = timeout ? msecs_to_jiffies(timeout) : MAX_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT;
- if (!wait_for_completion_timeout(&done, expire)) {
+ if (!wait_for_completion_timeout(&ctx.done, expire)) {
+ usb_kill_urb(urb);
+ retval = (ctx.status == -ENOENT ? -ETIMEDOUT : ctx.status);
dev_dbg(&urb->dev->dev,
"%s timed out on ep%d%s len=%d/%d\n",
@@ -54,11 +63,8 @@ static int usb_start_wait_urb(struct urb
usb_pipein(urb->pipe) ? "in" : "out",
urb->actual_length,
urb->transfer_buffer_length);
-
- usb_kill_urb(urb);
- retval = status == -ENOENT ? -ETIMEDOUT : status;
} else
- retval = status;
+ retval = ctx.status;
out:
if (actual_length)
*actual_length = urb->actual_length;
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