Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 29 Jul 2009 07:03:08 -0700 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: [patch 14/71] USB: EHCI: use the new clear_tt_buffer interface |
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On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 09:56:31AM -0400, Alan Stern wrote: > On Tue, 28 Jul 2009, Greg KH wrote: > > > 2.6.30-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know. > > > > ------------------ > > > > From: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu> > > > > commit 914b701280a76f96890ad63eb0fa99bf204b961c upstream. > > > > This patch (as1256) changes ehci-hcd and all the other drivers in the > > EHCI family to make use of the new clear_tt_buffer callbacks. When a > > Clear-TT-Buffer request is in progress for a QH, the QH is not allowed > > to be linked into the async schedule until the request is finished. > > At that time, if there are any URBs queued for the QH, it is linked > > into the async schedule. > > Greg, can we hold off on applying this patch to the stable tree? > > It turns out that this change causes a WARN_ON to trigger in some > circumstances, and the proposed patch to fix _that_ hasn't yet been > submitted to the mainline because a few people have reported that it > leaks DMA pool memory. So far there hasn't been much progress in > tracking this down.
Sure, I'll drop it. Should I also drop the patch before this one as well, which was there only because this patch needed it?
Let me know when/if you ever want it added to the -stable trees in the future.
thanks,
greg k-h
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