diff -u 2.5/drivers/usb/storage/freecom.c build-2.5/drivers/usb/storage/freecom.c
--- 2.5/drivers/usb/storage/freecom.c Tue Jun 4 20:39:19 2002
+++ build-2.5/drivers/usb/storage/freecom.c Wed Jul 3 20:31:14 2002
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@
result, partial);
/* has the current command been aborted? */
- if (atomic_read(&us->sm_state) == US_STATE_ABORTING) {
+ if (us->abort_cmd) {
US_DEBUGP("freecom_readdata(): transfer aborted\n");
return US_BULK_TRANSFER_ABORTED;
}
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@
result, partial);
/* has the current command been aborted? */
- if (atomic_read(&us->sm_state) == US_STATE_ABORTING) {
+ if (us->abort_cmd) {
US_DEBUGP("freecom_writedata(): transfer aborted\n");
return US_BULK_TRANSFER_ABORTED;
}
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@
result, partial);
/* we canceled this transfer */
- if (atomic_read(&us->sm_state) == US_STATE_ABORTING) {
+ if (us->abort_cmd) {
US_DEBUGP("freecom_transport(): transfer aborted\n");
return US_BULK_TRANSFER_ABORTED;
}
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@
US_DEBUGP("foo Status result %d %d\n", result, partial);
/* we canceled this transfer */
- if (atomic_read(&us->sm_state) == US_STATE_ABORTING) {
+ if (us->abort_cmd) {
US_DEBUGP("freecom_transport(): transfer aborted\n");
return US_BULK_TRANSFER_ABORTED;
}
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@
result, partial);
/* we canceled this transfer */
- if (atomic_read(&us->sm_state) == US_STATE_ABORTING) {
+ if (us->abort_cmd) {
US_DEBUGP("freecom_transport(): transfer aborted\n");
return US_BULK_TRANSFER_ABORTED;
}
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@
US_DEBUGP("bar Status result %d %d\n", result, partial);
/* we canceled this transfer */
- if (atomic_read(&us->sm_state) == US_STATE_ABORTING) {
+ if (us->abort_cmd) {
US_DEBUGP("freecom_transport(): transfer aborted\n");
return US_BULK_TRANSFER_ABORTED;
}
@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@
FCM_PACKET_LENGTH, &partial);
US_DEBUG(pdump ((void *) fst, partial));
- if (atomic_read(&us->sm_state) == US_STATE_ABORTING) {
+ if (us->abort_cmd) {
US_DEBUGP ("freecom_transport: transfer aborted\n");
return US_BULK_TRANSFER_ABORTED;
}
@@ -453,7 +453,7 @@
result = usb_stor_bulk_msg (us, fst, ipipe,
FCM_PACKET_LENGTH, &partial);
- if (atomic_read(&us->sm_state) == US_STATE_ABORTING) {
+ if (us->abort_cmd) {
US_DEBUGP ("freecom_transport: transfer aborted\n");
return US_BULK_TRANSFER_ABORTED;
}
diff -u 2.5/drivers/usb/storage/scsiglue.c build-2.5/drivers/usb/storage/scsiglue.c
--- 2.5/drivers/usb/storage/scsiglue.c Tue Jun 25 20:24:18 2002
+++ build-2.5/drivers/usb/storage/scsiglue.c Wed Jul 3 20:35:42 2002
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@
* NOTE: There is no contention here, because we're already deregistered
* the driver and we're doing each virtual host in turn, not in parallel
* Synchronization: BLK, no spinlock.
+ * The function sleeps, no need for _irqsave.
*/
static int release(struct Scsi_Host *psh)
{
@@ -117,7 +118,11 @@
* notification that it's exited.
*/
US_DEBUGP("-- sending US_ACT_EXIT command to thread\n");
+
+ spin_lock_irq(&us->queue_exclusion);
us->action = US_ACT_EXIT;
+ BUG_ON(us->srb != NULL);
+ spin_unlock_irq(&us->queue_exclusion);
up(&(us->sema));
wait_for_completion(&(us->notify));
@@ -150,7 +155,8 @@
spin_lock_irqsave(&us->queue_exclusion, flags);
/* enqueue the command */
- us->queue_srb = srb;
+ BUG_ON(us->srb != NULL);
+ us->srb = srb;
srb->scsi_done = done;
us->action = US_ACT_COMMAND;
@@ -174,12 +180,9 @@
US_DEBUGP("command_abort() called\n");
- if (atomic_read(&us->sm_state) == US_STATE_RUNNING) {
+ if (us->srb) {
scsi_unlock(srb->host);
- usb_stor_abort_transport(us);
-
- /* wait for us to be done */
- wait_for_completion(&(us->notify));
+ usb_stor_abort_transport(us, 0);
scsi_lock(srb->host);
return SUCCESS;
}
@@ -198,16 +201,25 @@
US_DEBUGP("device_reset() called\n" );
/* if the device was removed, then we're already reset */
- if (!test_bit(DEV_ATTACHED, &us->bitflags))
- return SUCCESS;
scsi_unlock(srb->host);
/* lock the device pointers */
down(&(us->dev_semaphore));
- us->srb = srb;
- atomic_set(&us->sm_state, US_STATE_RESETTING);
- result = us->transport_reset(us);
- atomic_set(&us->sm_state, US_STATE_IDLE);
+ /* previous commands were stopped with command_abort(),
+ * and the scsi midlayer prevents new commands from comming
+ * in until device_reset returns.
+ */
+ BUG_ON(us->srb != NULL);
+ BUG_ON(us->sm_state != US_STATE_IDLE);
+ if (us->pusb_dev == NULL) {
+ result = SUCCESS;
+ } else {
+ us->srb = srb;
+ us->sm_state = US_STATE_RESETTING;
+ result = us->transport_reset(us);
+ us->srb = NULL;
+ us->sm_state = US_STATE_IDLE;
+ }
/* unlock the device pointers */
up(&(us->dev_semaphore));
@@ -215,68 +227,18 @@
return result;
}
-/* This resets the device port, and simulates the device
- * disconnect/reconnect for all drivers which have claimed
- * interfaces, including ourself. */
+/* FIXME: is that the best we can do? */
static int bus_reset( Scsi_Cmnd *srb )
{
- struct us_data *us = (struct us_data *)srb->host->hostdata[0];
- int i;
- int result;
- struct usb_device *pusb_dev_save = us->pusb_dev;
-
- /* we use the usb_reset_device() function to handle this for us */
- US_DEBUGP("bus_reset() called\n");
-
- /* if the device has been removed, this worked */
- if (!test_bit(DEV_ATTACHED, &us->bitflags)) {
- US_DEBUGP("-- device removed already\n");
- return SUCCESS;
- }
-
- /* attempt to reset the port */
- scsi_unlock(srb->host);
- result = usb_reset_device(pusb_dev_save);
- US_DEBUGP("usb_reset_device returns %d\n", result);
- if (result < 0) {
- scsi_lock(srb->host);
- return FAILED;
- }
-
- /* FIXME: This needs to lock out driver probing while it's working
- * or we can have race conditions */
- /* Is that still true? I don't see how... AS */
- for (i = 0; i < pusb_dev_save->actconfig->bNumInterfaces; i++) {
- struct usb_interface *intf =
- &pusb_dev_save->actconfig->interface[i];
- const struct usb_device_id *id;
-
- /* if this is an unclaimed interface, skip it */
- if (!intf->driver) {
- continue;
- }
-
- US_DEBUGP("Examining driver %s...", intf->driver->name);
-
- /* simulate a disconnect and reconnect for all interfaces */
- US_DEBUGPX("simulating disconnect/reconnect.\n");
- down(&intf->driver->serialize);
- intf->driver->disconnect(pusb_dev_save, intf->private_data);
- id = usb_match_id(pusb_dev_save, intf, intf->driver->id_table);
- intf->driver->probe(pusb_dev_save, i, id);
- up(&intf->driver->serialize);
- }
- US_DEBUGP("bus_reset() complete\n");
- scsi_lock(srb->host);
- return SUCCESS;
+ printk(KERN_INFO "usb-storage: bus_reset() requested but not implemented\n" );
+ return device_reset(srb);
}
-/* FIXME: This doesn't do anything right now */
+/* FIXME: is that the best we can do? */
static int host_reset( Scsi_Cmnd *srb )
{
- printk(KERN_CRIT "usb-storage: host_reset() requested but not implemented\n" );
- bus_reset(srb);
- return FAILED;
+ printk(KERN_INFO "usb-storage: host_reset() requested but not implemented\n" );
+ return device_reset(srb);
}
/***********************************************************************
@@ -309,7 +271,12 @@
us = us->next;
}
- /* release our lock on the data structures */
+ /* Release our lock on the data structures early.
+ * The only function that frees us structures is
+ * usb_stor_exit(), and that happens after
+ * scsi_unregister_host, i.e. never while the
+ * /proc interface is in use.
+ */
up(&us_list_semaphore);
/* if we couldn't find it, we return an error */
@@ -331,8 +298,7 @@
/* show the GUID of the device */
SPRINTF(" GUID: " GUID_FORMAT "\n", GUID_ARGS(us->guid));
- SPRINTF(" Attached: %s\n", (test_bit(DEV_ATTACHED, &us->bitflags)
- ? "Yes" : "No"));
+ SPRINTF(" Attached: %s\n", (us->pusb_dev != NULL) ? "Yes" : "No");
/*
* Calculate start of next buffer, and return value.
@@ -370,6 +336,7 @@
this_id: -1,
sg_tablesize: SG_ALL,
+ max_sectors: 128,
cmd_per_lun: 1,
present: 0,
unchecked_isa_dma: FALSE,
diff -u 2.5/drivers/usb/storage/transport.c build-2.5/drivers/usb/storage/transport.c
--- 2.5/drivers/usb/storage/transport.c Tue Jun 4 20:39:19 2002
+++ build-2.5/drivers/usb/storage/transport.c Wed Jul 3 20:36:17 2002
@@ -357,21 +357,21 @@
* We're very concered about races with a command abort. Hanging this code is
* a sure fire way to hang the kernel.
*
- * The abort function first sets the machine state, then tries to acquire the
+ * The abort function first sets abort_cmd, then tries to acquire the
* lock on the current_urb to abort it.
*
- * Once a function grabs the current_urb_sem, then it -MUST- test the state to
+ * Once a function grabs the urb_sem, then it -MUST- test the state to
* see if we just got aborted before the lock was grabbed. If so, it's
* essential to release the lock and return.
*
- * The idea is that, once the current_urb_sem is held, the state can't really
+ * The idea is that, once the urb_sem is held, the state can't really
* change anymore without also engaging the usb_unlink_urb() call _after_ the
* URB is actually submitted.
*
- * So, we've guaranteed that (after the sm_state test), if we do submit the
- * URB it will get aborted when we release the current_urb_sem. And we've
+ * So, we've guaranteed that (after the abort_cmd test), if we do submit the
+ * URB it will get aborted when we release the urb_sem. And we've
* also guaranteed that if the abort code was called before we held the
- * current_urb_sem, we can safely get out before the URB is submitted.
+ * urb_sem, we can safely get out before the URB is submitted.
*/
/* This is the completion handler which will wake us up when an URB
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@
}
/* This is the common part of the URB message submission code
- * This function expects the current_urb_sem to be held upon entry.
+ * This function expects the dev_semaphore to be held upon entry.
*
* All URBs from the usb-storage driver _must_ pass through this function
* (or something like it) for the abort mechanisms to work properly.
@@ -395,6 +395,8 @@
struct completion urb_done;
int status;
+ BUG_NOT_DOWN(&us->dev_semaphore);
+
/* set up data structures for the wakeup system */
init_completion(&urb_done);
@@ -405,16 +407,19 @@
us->current_urb->transfer_flags = USB_ASYNC_UNLINK;
/* submit the URB */
- status = usb_submit_urb(us->current_urb, GFP_NOIO);
- if (status) {
- /* something went wrong */
- return status;
+ down(&us->urb_sem);
+ if (us->abort_cmd) {
+ /* we are in abort mode, do not submit the new urb */
+ status = -ENOENT;
+ } else {
+ status = usb_submit_urb(us->current_urb, GFP_NOIO);
}
+ up(&us->urb_sem);
+ if (status)
+ return status;
/* wait for the completion of the URB */
- up(&(us->current_urb_sem));
wait_for_completion(&urb_done);
- down(&(us->current_urb_sem));
/* return the URB status */
return us->current_urb->status;
@@ -441,12 +446,11 @@
dr->wIndex = cpu_to_le16(index);
dr->wLength = cpu_to_le16(size);
- /* lock the URB */
- down(&(us->current_urb_sem));
+ /* is the device access locked? */
+ BUG_NOT_DOWN(&us->dev_semaphore);
/* has the current command been aborted? */
- if (atomic_read(&us->sm_state) == US_STATE_ABORTING) {
- up(&(us->current_urb_sem));
+ if (us->abort_cmd) {
return 0;
}
@@ -462,8 +466,6 @@
if (status >= 0)
status = us->current_urb->actual_length;
- /* release the lock and return status */
- up(&(us->current_urb_sem));
return status;
}
@@ -475,14 +477,12 @@
{
int status;
- /* lock the URB */
- down(&(us->current_urb_sem));
+ /* is the device access locked? */
+ BUG_NOT_DOWN(&us->dev_semaphore);
/* has the current command been aborted? */
- if (atomic_read(&us->sm_state) == US_STATE_ABORTING) {
- up(&(us->current_urb_sem));
+ if (us->abort_cmd)
return 0;
- }
/* fill the URB */
FILL_BULK_URB(us->current_urb, us->pusb_dev, pipe, data, len,
@@ -494,8 +494,6 @@
/* return the actual length of the data transferred */
*act_len = us->current_urb->actual_length;
- /* release the lock and return status */
- up(&(us->current_urb_sem));
return status;
}
@@ -571,7 +569,7 @@
}
/* did we abort this command? */
- if (atomic_read(&us->sm_state) == US_STATE_ABORTING) {
+ if (us->abort_cmd) {
US_DEBUGP("usb_stor_transfer_partial(): transfer aborted\n");
return US_BULK_TRANSFER_ABORTED;
}
@@ -618,6 +616,9 @@
/* calculate how much we want to transfer */
transfer_amount = usb_stor_transfer_length(srb);
+ US_DEBUGP("usb_stor_transfer(): request for %d/%d bytes\n",
+ transfer_amount, srb->request_bufflen);
+
/* was someone foolish enough to request more data than available
* buffer space? */
if (transfer_amount > srb->request_bufflen)
@@ -849,44 +850,65 @@
srb->sense_buffer[0] = 0x0;
}
-/* Abort the currently running scsi command or device reset.
+
+/*
+ * Abort the currently running scsi command or device reset.
+ * The function waits until the currently executing command
+ * has finished.
*/
-void usb_stor_abort_transport(struct us_data *us)
+void usb_stor_abort_transport(struct us_data *us, int call_scsidone)
{
- int state = atomic_read(&us->sm_state);
-
US_DEBUGP("usb_stor_abort_transport called\n");
- /* If the current state is wrong or if there's
- * no srb, then there's nothing to do */
- BUG_ON((state != US_STATE_RUNNING && state != US_STATE_RESETTING));
- BUG_ON(!(us->srb));
-
- /* set state to abort */
- atomic_set(&us->sm_state, US_STATE_ABORTING);
-
- /* If the state machine is blocked waiting for an URB or an IRQ,
- * let's wake it up */
-
- /* If we have an URB pending, cancel it. Note that we guarantee with
- * the current_urb_sem that either (a) an URB has just been submitted,
- * or (b) the URB will never get submitted. But, because of the use
- * of us->sm_state and current_urb_sem, we can't get an URB sumbitted
- * _after_ we set the state to US_STATE_ABORTING and this section of
- * code runs. Thus we avoid deadlocks.
+ /* urb_sem is required to synchronize usb_unlink_urb()
+ * and submit_urb():
+ * The caller must guarantee that the urb that is
+ * passed to unlink_urb was submitted with submit_urb().
+ * Without the lock, we could call unlink_urb in the middle
+ * of submit_urb().
+ *
+ * urb_sem also doubles as the memory barrier that
+ * makes the update to abort_cmd visible on all cpus in the
+ * system.
+ */
+ down(&us->urb_sem);
+ if (call_scsidone)
+ us->abort_cmd = ABORT_CALLSCSIDONE;
+ else
+ us->abort_cmd = ABORT_NOSCSIDONE;
+
+ /* Check if the worker thread is processing the
+ * command right now, abort it if yes.
*/
- down(&(us->current_urb_sem));
+
if (us->current_urb->status == -EINPROGRESS) {
US_DEBUGP("-- cancelling URB\n");
usb_unlink_urb(us->current_urb);
}
- up(&(us->current_urb_sem));
/* If we are waiting for an IRQ, simulate it */
- if (test_bit(IP_WANTED, &us->bitflags)) {
+ if (test_and_clear_bit(IP_WANTED, &us->bitflags)) {
+ struct us_data *us = (struct us_data *)us->irq_urb->context;
US_DEBUGP("-- simulating missing IRQ\n");
- usb_stor_CBI_irq(us->irq_urb);
+ /* wake up the command thread */
+ up(&us->ip_waitq);
}
+ up(&us->urb_sem);
+
+ spin_lock_irq(&us->queue_exclusion);
+ while (us->srb) {
+ DECLARE_WAITQUEUE(wait, current);
+ current->state = TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE;
+ add_wait_queue(&us->wq_cmd, &wait);
+ spin_unlock_irq(&us->queue_exclusion);
+ schedule();
+ spin_lock_irq(&us->queue_exclusion);
+ remove_wait_queue(&us->wq_cmd, &wait);
+ }
+ spin_unlock_irq(&us->queue_exclusion);
+ down(&us->urb_sem);
+ us->abort_cmd = 0;
+ up(&us->urb_sem);
}
/*
@@ -904,21 +926,6 @@
US_DEBUGP("-- Interrupt Status (0x%x, 0x%x)\n",
us->irqbuf[0], us->irqbuf[1]);
- /* has the current command been aborted? */
- if (atomic_read(&us->sm_state) == US_STATE_ABORTING) {
-
- /* was this a wanted interrupt? */
- if (!test_and_clear_bit(IP_WANTED, &us->bitflags)) {
- US_DEBUGP("ERROR: Unwanted interrupt received!\n");
- return;
- }
- US_DEBUGP("-- command aborted\n");
-
- /* wake up the command thread */
- up(&us->ip_waitq);
- return;
- }
-
/* is the device removed? */
if (urb->status == -ENOENT) {
US_DEBUGP("-- device has been removed\n");
@@ -987,7 +994,7 @@
}
/* did we abort this command? */
- if (atomic_read(&us->sm_state) == US_STATE_ABORTING) {
+ if (us->abort_cmd) {
US_DEBUGP("usb_stor_control_msg(): transfer aborted\n");
return US_BULK_TRANSFER_ABORTED;
}
@@ -999,7 +1006,7 @@
usb_sndctrlpipe(us->pusb_dev, 0));
/* did we abort this command? */
- if (atomic_read(&us->sm_state) == US_STATE_ABORTING) {
+ if (us->abort_cmd) {
US_DEBUGP("usb_stor_control_msg(): transfer aborted\n");
return US_BULK_TRANSFER_ABORTED;
}
@@ -1036,7 +1043,7 @@
down(&(us->ip_waitq));
/* has the current command been aborted? */
- if (atomic_read(&us->sm_state) == US_STATE_ABORTING) {
+ if (us->abort_cmd) {
US_DEBUGP("CBI interrupt aborted\n");
return USB_STOR_TRANSPORT_ABORTED;
}
@@ -1104,7 +1111,7 @@
US_DEBUGP("Call to usb_stor_control_msg() returned %d\n", result);
if (result < 0) {
/* did we abort this command? */
- if (atomic_read(&us->sm_state) == US_STATE_ABORTING) {
+ if (us->abort_cmd) {
US_DEBUGP("usb_stor_CB_transport(): transfer aborted\n");
return US_BULK_TRANSFER_ABORTED;
}
@@ -1116,7 +1123,7 @@
usb_sndctrlpipe(us->pusb_dev, 0));
/* did we abort this command? */
- if (atomic_read(&us->sm_state) == US_STATE_ABORTING) {
+ if (us->abort_cmd) {
US_DEBUGP("usb_stor_CB_transport(): transfer aborted\n");
return US_BULK_TRANSFER_ABORTED;
}
@@ -1225,7 +1232,7 @@
US_DEBUGP("Bulk command transfer result=%d\n", result);
/* did we abort this command? */
- if (atomic_read(&us->sm_state) == US_STATE_ABORTING) {
+ if (us->abort_cmd) {
US_DEBUGP("usb_stor_Bulk_transport(): transfer aborted\n");
return US_BULK_TRANSFER_ABORTED;
}
@@ -1236,7 +1243,7 @@
result = usb_stor_clear_halt(us, pipe);
/* did we abort this command? */
- if (atomic_read(&us->sm_state) == US_STATE_ABORTING) {
+ if (us->abort_cmd) {
US_DEBUGP("usb_stor_Bulk_transport(): transfer aborted\n");
return US_BULK_TRANSFER_ABORTED;
}
@@ -1273,7 +1280,7 @@
&partial);
/* did we abort this command? */
- if (atomic_read(&us->sm_state) == US_STATE_ABORTING) {
+ if (us->abort_cmd) {
US_DEBUGP("usb_stor_Bulk_transport(): transfer aborted\n");
return US_BULK_TRANSFER_ABORTED;
}
@@ -1284,7 +1291,7 @@
result = usb_stor_clear_halt(us, pipe);
/* did we abort this command? */
- if (atomic_read(&us->sm_state) == US_STATE_ABORTING) {
+ if (us->abort_cmd) {
US_DEBUGP("usb_stor_Bulk_transport(): transfer aborted\n");
return US_BULK_TRANSFER_ABORTED;
}
@@ -1295,7 +1302,7 @@
US_BULK_CS_WRAP_LEN, &partial);
/* did we abort this command? */
- if (atomic_read(&us->sm_state) == US_STATE_ABORTING) {
+ if (us->abort_cmd) {
US_DEBUGP("usb_stor_Bulk_transport(): transfer aborted\n");
return US_BULK_TRANSFER_ABORTED;
}
@@ -1306,7 +1313,7 @@
result = usb_stor_clear_halt(us, pipe);
/* did we abort this command? */
- if (atomic_read(&us->sm_state) == US_STATE_ABORTING) {
+ if (us->abort_cmd) {
US_DEBUGP("usb_stor_Bulk_transport(): transfer aborted\n");
return US_BULK_TRANSFER_ABORTED;
}
@@ -1358,23 +1365,33 @@
struct us_timeout {
struct us_data *us;
- spinlock_t timer_lock;
+ struct completion done;
+ struct tq_struct event;
};
+static void usb_stor_event_handler(void* to__)
+{
+ struct us_timeout *to = (struct us_timeout *) to__;
+ struct us_data *us = to->us;
+
+ US_DEBUGP("timeout event handler called\n");
+
+ /* abort the current request */
+ usb_stor_abort_transport(us, 1);
+
+ complete(&to->done);
+}
+
/* The timeout event handler
*/
static void usb_stor_timeout_handler(unsigned long to__)
{
struct us_timeout *to = (struct us_timeout *) to__;
- struct us_data *us = to->us;
US_DEBUGP("Timeout occurred\n");
- /* abort the current request */
- usb_stor_abort_transport(us);
-
- /* let the reset routine know we have finished */
- spin_unlock(&to->timer_lock);
+ INIT_TQUEUE(&to->event, usb_stor_event_handler, to);
+ schedule_task(&to->event);
}
/* This is the common part of the device reset code.
@@ -1389,11 +1406,12 @@
u16 value, u16 index, void *data, u16 size)
{
int result;
- struct us_timeout timeout_data = {us, SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED};
+ struct us_timeout timeout_data;
struct timer_list timeout_list;
/* prepare the timeout handler */
- spin_lock(&timeout_data.timer_lock);
+ timeout_data.us = us;
+ init_completion(&timeout_data.done);
init_timer(&timeout_list);
/* A 20-second timeout may seem rather long, but a LaCie
@@ -1429,8 +1447,7 @@
/* prevent the timer from coming back to haunt us */
if (!del_timer(&timeout_list)) {
- /* the handler has already started; wait for it to finish */
- spin_lock(&timeout_data.timer_lock);
+ wait_for_completion(&timeout_data.done);
/* change the abort into a timeout */
if (result == -ENOENT)
result = -ETIMEDOUT;
diff -u 2.5/drivers/usb/storage/transport.h build-2.5/drivers/usb/storage/transport.h
--- 2.5/drivers/usb/storage/transport.h Sun May 26 11:05:08 2002
+++ build-2.5/drivers/usb/storage/transport.h Wed Jul 3 20:34:01 2002
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@
extern unsigned int usb_stor_transfer_length(Scsi_Cmnd*);
extern void usb_stor_invoke_transport(Scsi_Cmnd*, struct us_data*);
-extern void usb_stor_abort_transport(struct us_data*);
+extern void usb_stor_abort_transport(struct us_data*, int call_scsidone);
extern int usb_stor_transfer_partial(struct us_data*, char*, int);
extern int usb_stor_bulk_msg(struct us_data *us, void *data, int pipe,
diff -u 2.5/drivers/usb/storage/usb.c build-2.5/drivers/usb/storage/usb.c
--- 2.5/drivers/usb/storage/usb.c Tue Jun 25 20:28:28 2002
+++ build-2.5/drivers/usb/storage/usb.c Wed Jul 3 22:45:47 2002
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
/* The list of structures and the protective lock for them */
struct us_data *us_list;
-struct semaphore us_list_semaphore;
+DECLARE_MUTEX(us_list_semaphore);
static void * storage_probe(struct usb_device *dev, unsigned int ifnum,
const struct usb_device_id *id);
@@ -326,6 +326,9 @@
/* set up for wakeups by new commands */
init_MUTEX_LOCKED(&us->sema);
+ down(&us->dev_semaphore);
+ us->sm_state = US_STATE_IDLE;
+ up(&us->dev_semaphore);
/* signal that we've started the thread */
complete(&(us->notify));
@@ -333,12 +336,13 @@
for(;;) {
struct Scsi_Host *host;
US_DEBUGP("*** thread sleeping.\n");
- atomic_set(&us->sm_state, US_STATE_IDLE);
- if(down_interruptible(&us->sema))
+ wake_up(&us->wq_cmd);
+ if(down_interruptible(&us->sema)) {
+ printk(KERN_ERR "Received unexpected signal in usb_stor_control_thread().\n");
break;
+ }
US_DEBUGP("*** thread awakened.\n");
- atomic_set(&us->sm_state, US_STATE_RUNNING);
/* lock access to the queue element */
spin_lock_irq(&us->queue_exclusion);
@@ -346,9 +350,6 @@
/* take the command off the queue */
action = us->action;
us->action = 0;
- us->srb = us->queue_srb;
- host = us->srb->host;
-
/* release the queue lock as fast as possible */
spin_unlock_irq(&us->queue_exclusion);
@@ -359,6 +360,8 @@
}
BUG_ON(action != US_ACT_COMMAND);
+ host = us->srb->host;
+
/* reject the command if the direction indicator
* is UNKNOWN
@@ -416,9 +419,10 @@
/* lock the device pointers */
down(&(us->dev_semaphore));
+ us->sm_state = US_STATE_RUNNING;
/* our device has gone - pretend not ready */
- if (!test_bit(DEV_ATTACHED, &us->bitflags)) {
+ if (us->pusb_dev == NULL) {
US_DEBUGP("Request is for removed device\n");
/* For REQUEST_SENSE, it's the data. But
* for anything else, it should look like
@@ -442,7 +446,7 @@
sizeof(usb_stor_sense_notready));
us->srb->result = CHECK_CONDITION << 1;
}
- } else { /* test_bit(DEV_ATTACHED, &us->bitflags) */
+ } else { /* us->pusb_dev != NULL */
/* Handle those devices which need us to fake
* their inquiry data */
@@ -461,23 +465,22 @@
us->proto_handler(us->srb, us);
}
}
+ us->sm_state = US_STATE_IDLE;
/* unlock the device pointers */
up(&(us->dev_semaphore));
/* indicate that the command is done */
- if (us->srb->result != DID_ABORT << 16) {
- US_DEBUGP("scsi cmd done, result=0x%x\n",
- us->srb->result);
- scsi_lock(host);
+ scsi_lock(host);
+ US_DEBUGP("scsi cmd done, result=0x%x\n", us->srb->result);
+ if (us->abort_cmd != ABORT_NOSCSIDONE) {
+ /* If we are in error recovery mode,
+ * no scsi_done callback needed.
+ */
us->srb->scsi_done(us->srb);
- us->srb = NULL;
- scsi_unlock(host);
- } else {
- US_DEBUGP("scsi command aborted\n");
- us->srb = NULL;
- complete(&(us->notify));
}
+ us->srb = NULL;
+ scsi_unlock(host);
} /* for (;;) */
/* notify the exit routine that we're actually exiting now */
@@ -500,13 +503,12 @@
US_DEBUGP("Allocating IRQ for CBI transport\n");
- /* lock access to the data structure */
- down(&(ss->irq_urb_sem));
+ /* check that the device is locked properly */
+ BUG_NOT_DOWN(&ss->dev_semaphore);
/* allocate the URB */
ss->irq_urb = usb_alloc_urb(0, GFP_KERNEL);
if (!ss->irq_urb) {
- up(&(ss->irq_urb_sem));
US_DEBUGP("couldn't allocate interrupt URB");
return 1;
}
@@ -527,12 +529,9 @@
US_DEBUGP("usb_submit_urb() returns %d\n", result);
if (result) {
usb_free_urb(ss->irq_urb);
- up(&(ss->irq_urb_sem));
return 2;
}
- /* unlock the data structure and return success */
- up(&(ss->irq_urb_sem));
return 0;
}
@@ -569,6 +568,8 @@
intf[ifnum].altsetting + intf[ifnum].act_altsetting;
US_DEBUGP("act_altsetting is %d\n", intf[ifnum].act_altsetting);
+ BUG_NOT_DOWN(&usb_storage_driver.serialize);
+
/* clear the temporary strings */
memset(mf, 0, sizeof(mf));
memset(prod, 0, sizeof(prod));
@@ -686,10 +687,11 @@
* already on the system
*/
ss = us_list;
- while ((ss != NULL) &&
- (test_bit(DEV_ATTACHED, &ss->bitflags) ||
- !GUID_EQUAL(guid, ss->guid)))
+ while (ss != NULL) {
+ if (ss->pusb_dev == NULL && GUID_EQUAL(guid, ss->guid))
+ break;
ss = ss->next;
+ }
if (ss != NULL) {
/* Existing device -- re-connect */
@@ -701,8 +703,8 @@
/* establish the connection to the new device upon reconnect */
ss->ifnum = ifnum;
+ BUG_ON(ss->pusb_dev != NULL);
ss->pusb_dev = dev;
- set_bit(DEV_ATTACHED, &ss->bitflags);
/* copy over the endpoint data */
ss->ep_in = ep_in->bEndpointAddress &
@@ -749,9 +751,9 @@
init_completion(&(ss->notify));
init_MUTEX_LOCKED(&(ss->ip_waitq));
spin_lock_init(&ss->queue_exclusion);
- init_MUTEX(&(ss->irq_urb_sem));
- init_MUTEX(&(ss->current_urb_sem));
- init_MUTEX(&(ss->dev_semaphore));
+ init_MUTEX(&ss->urb_sem);
+ init_MUTEX_LOCKED(&(ss->dev_semaphore));
+ init_waitqueue_head(&ss->wq_cmd);
/* copy over the subclass and protocol data */
ss->subclass = subclass;
@@ -969,9 +971,11 @@
if (unusual_dev && unusual_dev->initFunction)
unusual_dev->initFunction(ss);
+ /* Now we are ready */
+ up(&ss->dev_semaphore);
+
/* start up our control thread */
- atomic_set(&ss->sm_state, US_STATE_IDLE);
- set_bit(DEV_ATTACHED, &ss->bitflags);
+ ss->sm_state = US_STATE_BAD;
ss->pid = kernel_thread(usb_stor_control_thread, ss,
CLONE_VM);
if (ss->pid < 0) {
@@ -1019,20 +1023,17 @@
/* we come here if there are any problems */
BadDevice:
US_DEBUGP("storage_probe() failed\n");
- down(&ss->irq_urb_sem);
if (ss->irq_urb) {
usb_unlink_urb(ss->irq_urb);
usb_free_urb(ss->irq_urb);
ss->irq_urb = NULL;
}
- up(&ss->irq_urb_sem);
if (ss->current_urb) {
usb_unlink_urb(ss->current_urb);
usb_free_urb(ss->current_urb);
ss->current_urb = NULL;
}
- clear_bit(DEV_ATTACHED, &ss->bitflags);
ss->pusb_dev = NULL;
if (new_device)
kfree(ss);
@@ -1050,17 +1051,21 @@
US_DEBUGP("storage_disconnect() called\n");
+ BUG_NOT_DOWN(&usb_storage_driver.serialize);
+
/* this is the odd case -- we disconnected but weren't using it */
if (!ss) {
US_DEBUGP("-- device was not in use\n");
return;
}
+ /* kill a pending command */
+ usb_stor_abort_transport(ss, 1);
+
/* lock access to the device data structure */
down(&(ss->dev_semaphore));
/* release the IRQ, if we have one */
- down(&(ss->irq_urb_sem));
if (ss->irq_urb) {
US_DEBUGP("-- releasing irq URB\n");
result = usb_unlink_urb(ss->irq_urb);
@@ -1068,7 +1073,6 @@
usb_free_urb(ss->irq_urb);
ss->irq_urb = NULL;
}
- up(&(ss->irq_urb_sem));
/* free up the main URB for this device */
US_DEBUGP("-- releasing main URB\n");
@@ -1080,7 +1084,6 @@
/* mark the device as gone */
usb_put_dev(ss->pusb_dev);
ss->pusb_dev = NULL;
- clear_bit(DEV_ATTACHED, &ss->bitflags);
/* unlock access to the device data structure */
up(&(ss->dev_semaphore));
@@ -1096,7 +1099,6 @@
/* initialize internal global data elements */
us_list = NULL;
- init_MUTEX(&us_list_semaphore);
my_host_number = 0;
/* register the driver, return -1 if error */
diff -u 2.5/drivers/usb/storage/usb.h build-2.5/drivers/usb/storage/usb.h
--- 2.5/drivers/usb/storage/usb.h Tue Jun 25 20:28:28 2002
+++ build-2.5/drivers/usb/storage/usb.h Wed Jul 3 20:35:04 2002
@@ -39,6 +39,28 @@
* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
* with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
* 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
+ *
+ * Changelog:
+ * - remove the DEV_ATTACHED bitflag, it duplicates (->pusb_dev !=NULL)
+ * - make sm_state a normal variable, atomic_t do not provide synchronization
+ * for assignments
+ * - merge queue_srb and srb, that created a hole for crashes if a device_reset()
+ * happens too early. Add BUG_ON tests to catch errors.
+ * - device aborts happen asynchroneously, make abort_cmd a seperate variable
+ * - add BUG_ON tests to catch missing semaphore calls
+ * - bus_reset dropped for now, synchronization is too fragile, no real need for
+ * it
+ * - restrict commands to 128 sectors, large commands cause errors with my SaroTech
+ * USB enclosure
+ * - move urb_sem into usb_stor_msg_common(), asking the callers to lock & check for
+ * abort_cmd is too error prone.
+ * - add an explicit waitqueue for the device reset handler, reuse of the
+ * completion caused deadlocks in command_abort().
+ * - move the _timeout handler for usb_stor to process context.
+ * - fixoops during module unload.
+ * - abort a possibly pending command during storage_disconnect(), could cause
+ * excessive delays if the cable is pulled out while a command is pending.
+ * (C) Manfred Spraul <[email protected]> 2002
*/
#ifndef _USB_H_
@@ -107,13 +129,16 @@
/* kernel thread actions */
#define US_ACT_COMMAND 1
-#define US_ACT_EXIT 5
+#define US_ACT_EXIT 2
-/* processing state machine states */
+/* processing state machine states
+ * For debugging only, it can be wrong because queue_command()
+ * queues new requests asynchroneously.
+ * */
+#define US_STATE_BAD 0
#define US_STATE_IDLE 1
#define US_STATE_RUNNING 2
#define US_STATE_RESETTING 3
-#define US_STATE_ABORTING 4
#define USB_STOR_STRING_LEN 32
@@ -127,9 +152,12 @@
struct us_data *next; /* next device */
/* The device we're working with
- * It's important to note:
- * (o) you must hold dev_semaphore to change pusb_dev
- * (o) DEV_ATTACHED in bitflags should change whenever pusb_dev does
+ * It's important to note that you must hold dev_semaphore
+ * to change or use pusb_dev.
+ *
+ * Virtually the complete device access is serialized through
+ * dev_semaphore, the only notable exception is command abortion
+ * which is serialized by urb_sem.
*/
struct semaphore dev_semaphore; /* protect pusb_dev */
struct usb_device *pusb_dev; /* this usb_device */
@@ -166,25 +194,28 @@
Scsi_Cmnd *srb; /* current srb */
/* thread information */
- Scsi_Cmnd *queue_srb; /* the single queue slot */
int action; /* what to do */
int pid; /* control thread */
- atomic_t sm_state;
+ unsigned long sm_state;
+ wait_queue_head_t wq_cmd; /* command completion queue */
+ struct semaphore urb_sem; /* synchronize {unlink,submit}_urb */
+
+ unsigned long abort_cmd;
+/* 0 means do not abort */
+#define ABORT_CALLSCSIDONE 1
+#define ABORT_NOSCSIDONE 2
/* interrupt info for CBI devices -- only good if attached */
struct semaphore ip_waitq; /* for CBI interrupts */
- unsigned long bitflags; /* single-bit flags: */
+ unsigned long bitflags; /* atomic bitflags */
#define IP_WANTED 1 /* is an IRQ expected? */
-#define DEV_ATTACHED 2 /* is the dev. attached?*/
/* interrupt communications data */
- struct semaphore irq_urb_sem; /* to protect irq_urb */
struct urb *irq_urb; /* for USB int requests */
unsigned char irqbuf[2]; /* buffer for USB IRQ */
unsigned char irqdata[2]; /* data from USB IRQ */
/* control and bulk communications data */
- struct semaphore current_urb_sem; /* to protect irq_urb */
struct urb *current_urb; /* non-int USB requests */
/* the semaphore for sleeping the control thread */
@@ -221,4 +252,12 @@
#define sg_address(psg) ((psg)->address)
#endif
+#define BUG_NOT_DOWN(sem) \
+ do { \
+ if (!down_trylock(sem)) { \
+ up(sem); \
+ BUG(); \
+ } \
+ } while(0)
+
#endif
I don't understand what this patch is trying to do...
You're reverting our new state machine changes... why?
You're reverting the new mechanism to determine device state... why?
You're removing the entire bus_reset() logic... why?
This patch undoes most of the work done in the last few months. I
_strongly_ oppose the patch without some better explanations.
About the only think I agree with is the addition of some BUG_ON() calls.
Matt
--
Matthew Dharm Home: [email protected]
Maintainer, Linux USB Mass Storage Driver
I need a computer?
-- Customer
User Friendly, 2/19/1998
Matthew Dharm wrote:
> I don't understand what this patch is trying to do...
>
> You're reverting our new state machine changes... why?
>
Because the state machine doesn't work. I've degraded it into a
debugging state.
I've described it in a mail I send to you and linux-usb-devel a few
weeks ago, without any reply.
E.g. queue_command stored new commands in ->queue_srb. The worker thread
then moved it from queue_srb to srb and set sm_state to RUNNING.
But what if command_abort() is called before the worker thread is scheduled?
State machines and asynchroneous command aborts are incompatible, that
why I've moved command abortion out of sm_state.
>
> You're reverting the new mechanism to determine device state... why?
>
Unnesessary duplication. Device disconnected is equivalent to
->pusb_dev==NULL. Why do you need a special variable?
>
> You're removing the entire bus_reset() logic... why?
>
You are right, that change is not correct.
Do you remember the reasons that lead to the current implementation?
Hmm. Are you sure that the code can't cause data losses with unrelated
devices?
Suppose I have an usb hub installed, and behind that hub 2 usb disks. If
bus_reset is called for the scsi controller that represents one disk,
won't that affect the data transfer that go to the other disk?
> This patch undoes most of the work done in the last few months. I
> _strongly_ oppose the patch without some better explanations.
>
I've sent you a mail on 06/02 with details about all changes.
http://www.geocrawler.com/archives/3/2571/2002/6/600/8821396/
You did not reply, thus I assumed that you were too busy and I fixed
everything myself.
The only new change is removing the call to usb_stor_CBI_irq() and
replacing it with "up(&us->ip_waitq);" from usb_stor_abort_transport.
Setting sm_state and then calling usb_stor_CBI_irq() is a
synchronization nightmare.
Situation: command is completed by the hardware and aborted by the scsi
midlayer at the same time. usb_stor_abort_transport() could run on cpu1,
_CBI_irq() on cpu2. Now imagine you run on Alpha, where both reads and
writes are reordered. Initially I tried to fix it with memory barriers,
but the new version is much simpler.
--
Manfred
On Thu, Jul 04, 2002 at 12:19:28AM +0200, Manfred Spraul wrote:
> Matthew Dharm wrote:
> > I don't understand what this patch is trying to do...
> >
> > You're reverting our new state machine changes... why?
> >
>
> Because the state machine doesn't work. I've degraded it into a
> debugging state.
> I've described it in a mail I send to you and linux-usb-devel a few
> weeks ago, without any reply.
I've got that mail, and it's on my todo list.
> E.g. queue_command stored new commands in ->queue_srb. The worker thread
> then moved it from queue_srb to srb and set sm_state to RUNNING.
>
> But what if command_abort() is called before the worker thread is scheduled?
Then we have a serious problem, because the aborts are on the order of
several seconds. If the thread hasn't gotten scheduled by then it _should_
cause a BUG_ON.
> State machines and asynchroneous command aborts are incompatible, that
> why I've moved command abortion out of sm_state.
I disagree here. I think the clear state machine is the -only- way to get
this right. We tried it without the state machine, and all we did was find
more and more corner cases which are not handled.
> > You're reverting the new mechanism to determine device state... why?
>
> Unnesessary duplication. Device disconnected is equivalent to
> ->pusb_dev==NULL. Why do you need a special variable?
Because relying on a pointer has caused problems in the past, especially
when there are concerns that the pointer might be invalid.
> > You're removing the entire bus_reset() logic... why?
> >
> You are right, that change is not correct.
> Do you remember the reasons that lead to the current implementation?
>
> Hmm. Are you sure that the code can't cause data losses with unrelated
> devices?
> Suppose I have an usb hub installed, and behind that hub 2 usb disks. If
> bus_reset is called for the scsi controller that represents one disk,
> won't that affect the data transfer that go to the other disk?
The hub isn't reset, only the target device is.
> > This patch undoes most of the work done in the last few months. I
> > _strongly_ oppose the patch without some better explanations.
>
> I've sent you a mail on 06/02 with details about all changes.
>
> http://www.geocrawler.com/archives/3/2571/2002/6/600/8821396/
>
> You did not reply, thus I assumed that you were too busy and I fixed
> everything myself.
I see.. thus skipping the 4 patches which address most of these issues
which are in my queue.
Look, I might not be that speedy on this, but did it at least occur to you
to contact _any_ of the other usb-storage people? Bjorn? Stern?
> The only new change is removing the call to usb_stor_CBI_irq() and
> replacing it with "up(&us->ip_waitq);" from usb_stor_abort_transport.
> Setting sm_state and then calling usb_stor_CBI_irq() is a
> synchronization nightmare.
> Situation: command is completed by the hardware and aborted by the scsi
> midlayer at the same time. usb_stor_abort_transport() could run on cpu1,
> _CBI_irq() on cpu2. Now imagine you run on Alpha, where both reads and
> writes are reordered. Initially I tried to fix it with memory barriers,
> but the new version is much simpler.
The only requirement in this condition is that the command state be
consistent at the end -- either completed or aborted. I don't see how the
current code fails this requirement...
Matt
--
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Maintainer, Linux USB Mass Storage Driver
A: The most ironic oxymoron wins ...
DP: "Microsoft Works"
A: Uh, okay, you win.
-- A.J. & Dust Puppy
User Friendly, 1/18/1998
Matthew Dharm wrote:
>
>>E.g. queue_command stored new commands in ->queue_srb. The worker thread
>>then moved it from queue_srb to srb and set sm_state to RUNNING.
>>
>>But what if command_abort() is called before the worker thread is scheduled?
>
>
> Then we have a serious problem, because the aborts are on the order of
> several seconds. If the thread hasn't gotten scheduled by then it _should_
> cause a BUG_ON.
>
First of all, it's dead ugly. usb-storage crashes if the scheduler is
overloaded. IMHO that's a bug, especially since it's simple to avoid it.
And what about storage_disconnect()?
Test case: user pulls out the usb cable while a transfer is in progress.
urb submitted to the device, reply not yet received.
Result: storage_disconnect() would hang for 20 seconds until
command_abort() is called.
I've fixed that by adding usb_stor_abort_transport() into
storage_disconnect(). But that means that abort_transport() could run in
the window between queuecommand() and the scheduling of the worker thread.
Read through my proposal: With current_urb_sem [I've called it urb_sem,
but it's the same concept], the synchronization between abort and new
commands is guaranteed.
The only difference is that I've moved testing ->abort_cmd and
down(&->urb_sem) into usb_stor_msg_common: Requesting that the callers
must acquire the semaphore and check abort_cmd() is unnecessary code
duplication and just asks for bugs.
>
>>>You're reverting the new mechanism to determine device state... why?
>>
>>Unnesessary duplication. Device disconnected is equivalent to
>>->pusb_dev==NULL. Why do you need a special variable?
>
>
> Because relying on a pointer has caused problems in the past, especially
> when there are concerns that the pointer might be invalid.
>
Could you explain a bit more? How could the pointer become invalid?
>
>>>You're removing the entire bus_reset() logic... why?
>>>
>>
>>You are right, that change is not correct.
>>Do you remember the reasons that lead to the current implementation?
>>
>>Hmm. Are you sure that the code can't cause data losses with unrelated
>>devices?
>>Suppose I have an usb hub installed, and behind that hub 2 usb disks. If
>>bus_reset is called for the scsi controller that represents one disk,
>>won't that affect the data transfer that go to the other disk?
>
>
> The hub isn't reset, only the target device is.
>
You are right.
That leaves one problem: a real disconnect in the middle of
host_reset(), i.e. after checking us->bitflags or reading pusb_dev.
It should be possible to handle that case, too: usb_device structures
are refcounted.
>
>>The only new change is removing the call to usb_stor_CBI_irq() and
>>replacing it with "up(&us->ip_waitq);" from usb_stor_abort_transport.
>>Setting sm_state and then calling usb_stor_CBI_irq() is a
>>synchronization nightmare.
>>Situation: command is completed by the hardware and aborted by the scsi
>>midlayer at the same time. usb_stor_abort_transport() could run on cpu1,
>>_CBI_irq() on cpu2. Now imagine you run on Alpha, where both reads and
>>writes are reordered. Initially I tried to fix it with memory barriers,
>>but the new version is much simpler.
>
>
> The only requirement in this condition is that the command state be
> consistent at the end -- either completed or aborted. I don't see how the
> current code fails this requirement...
>
My version is shorter ;-)
usb_stor_CBI_irq() containes 2 independent parts: only part only for
command aborts, one part for normal interrupts. By splitting the
function several lines of exception handling became unnecessary.
--
Manfred
On Thu, Jul 04, 2002 at 07:12:40PM +0200, Manfred Spraul wrote:
> Matthew Dharm wrote:
> >
> >>E.g. queue_command stored new commands in ->queue_srb. The worker thread
> >>then moved it from queue_srb to srb and set sm_state to RUNNING.
> >>
> >>But what if command_abort() is called before the worker thread is scheduled?
> >
> >
> > Then we have a serious problem, because the aborts are on the order of
> > several seconds. If the thread hasn't gotten scheduled by then it _should_
> > cause a BUG_ON.
> >
>
> First of all, it's dead ugly. usb-storage crashes if the scheduler is
> overloaded. IMHO that's a bug, especially since it's simple to avoid it.
>
> And what about storage_disconnect()?
>
> Test case: user pulls out the usb cable while a transfer is in progress.
> urb submitted to the device, reply not yet received.
> Result: storage_disconnect() would hang for 20 seconds until
> command_abort() is called.
No, not quite. The HCD accelerates the URBs to completion if the device
is removed with an URB pending on it. It therefore shouldn't hang for the
timeout -- if you're seeing this behavior, then the HCD is broken.
> Read through my proposal: With current_urb_sem [I've called it urb_sem,
> but it's the same concept], the synchronization between abort and new
> commands is guaranteed.
>
> The only difference is that I've moved testing ->abort_cmd and
> down(&->urb_sem) into usb_stor_msg_common: Requesting that the callers
> must acquire the semaphore and check abort_cmd() is unnecessary code
> duplication and just asks for bugs.
The reason it was moved up was to save lots of processing (including memory
allocation paths) if the abort had already been requested. Which is a
common case.
> >>>You're reverting the new mechanism to determine device state... why?
> >>
> >>Unnesessary duplication. Device disconnected is equivalent to
> >>->pusb_dev==NULL. Why do you need a special variable?
> >
> >
> > Because relying on a pointer has caused problems in the past, especially
> > when there are concerns that the pointer might be invalid.
> >
>
> Could you explain a bit more? How could the pointer become invalid?
There was a large discussion of this in relation to another driver on
linux-usb-devel... basically, the pointer is just an address to a structure
owned by an HCD... it's entirely possible for the structure to go away on
us unexpectedly. We _should_ get the notification via the _disconnect()
call, but real-world experience showed us that this wasn't always
happening.
Matt
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Em Thu, Jul 04, 2002 at 12:50:12PM -0700, Matthew Dharm escreveu:
> > > Because relying on a pointer has caused problems in the past, especially
> > > when there are concerns that the pointer might be invalid.
> > Could you explain a bit more? How could the pointer become invalid?
> There was a large discussion of this in relation to another driver on
> linux-usb-devel... basically, the pointer is just an address to a structure
> owned by an HCD... it's entirely possible for the structure to go away on
> us unexpectedly. We _should_ get the notification via the _disconnect()
> call, but real-world experience showed us that this wasn't always
> happening.
Humm, I believed that USB was using refcounting
- Arnaldo
On Thu, Jul 04, 2002 at 04:54:32PM -0300, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
> Em Thu, Jul 04, 2002 at 12:50:12PM -0700, Matthew Dharm escreveu:
> > > > Because relying on a pointer has caused problems in the past, especially
> > > > when there are concerns that the pointer might be invalid.
>
> > > Could you explain a bit more? How could the pointer become invalid?
>
> > There was a large discussion of this in relation to another driver on
> > linux-usb-devel... basically, the pointer is just an address to a structure
> > owned by an HCD... it's entirely possible for the structure to go away on
> > us unexpectedly. We _should_ get the notification via the _disconnect()
> > call, but real-world experience showed us that this wasn't always
> > happening.
>
> Humm, I believed that USB was using refcounting
Parts of it is, parts aren't :(
Soon, due to the struct device and struct driver conversion everything
should be properly reference counted. But I'm not really aware of the
problem that Matt is referring to. Matt, what structure is
disappearing?
thanks,
greg k-h