On Thu, May 27, 2004 at 01:12:58PM -0400, Alan Stern wrote: > Greg: > > Any news about the usb_kill_urb() patch (as277c), and its follow-on patch > for the hub driver (as278)?
I'm holding off on the kill_urb() patch for 2.6.7. I like the idea, and will reconsider it for 2.6.8. Sound ok? Everything else I have from you I've either applied, or lost in the mess somewhere. If I have lost anything else, please feel free to resend it. thanks, greg k-h > I'm not entirely pleased with the decision to use an 8-bit counter to keep > track of URB usage, since it requires an additional spinlock during the > submit_urb and giveback_urb paths. Those could be eliminated if the > counter were converted to an atomic_t -- an easy change to make if you > think it would be a significant improvement. I thought we objected to an atomic_t for some reason, but can't remember it now... Anyone else? thanks, greg k-h ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: Oracle 10g Get certified on the hottest thing ever to hit the market... Oracle 10g. Take an Oracle 10g class now, and we'll give you the exam FREE. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=3149&alloc_id=8166&op=click _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-devel
