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Date: Tue, 07 Apr 2015 17:23:29 +0300
From: Mathias Nyman <mathias.nyman@linux.intel.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/5] usb: xhci: cleanup xhci_hcd allocation
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Hi

On 02.04.2015 15:23, Roger Quadros wrote:
> HCD core allocates memory for HCD private data in
> usb_create_[shared_]hcd() so make use of that
> mechanism to allocate the struct xhci_hcd.
> 
> Introduce struct xhci_driver_overrides to provide
> the size of HCD private data and hc_driver operation
> overrides. As of now we only need to override the
> reset and start methods.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Roger Quadros <rogerq@ti.com>

I'm not sure I fully understand the what's going on, or what the
intention of this patch is.

So currently xhci driver manages the allocation and freeing of
the xhci_hcd structure. We store a pointer to the xhci_hcd structure in
the content of both the primary and shared usb_hcds structures hcd_priv
field.

With this patch xhci would be part of the usb_hcd structure,
starting at hcd_priv[0]. (Like EHCI I think) It allocates enough space to include
the xhci_hcd in both the primary and shared usb_hcd, but always only use the one
in the primary hcd.
I'm not sure what to do with the space allocated for the shared hcd's
hcd_priv field.

This also means that xhci goes away together with the primary hcd. It's possible
this has some impact as the xhci driver expects xhci to always exists.

-Mathias
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