Am Samstag, 29. Mai 2004 17:23 schrieb Alan Stern:
> However, there's a definite disadvantage to using dev->serialize for this
> purpose: It can delay khubd and disconnect notifications. �usb-storage
> can wait for fairly long periods, 20 or 30 seconds sometimes. �If it holds
> the serialize semaphore during those times then it will block khubd if the
> device is disconnected.
Why? Won't the transaction fail within the usual time?
> On the whole, it might be better to add a new mutex to struct usb_device
> to provide this sort of driver-level serialization rather than overload
> the existing mutex, which is meant to serialize actions by usbcore.
But we should guard against actions by or through usbcore, too.
If I understand the problem correctly ep 0 must not be touched within
this window, no matter what.
Regards
Oliver
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