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From: Johan Hovold <johan-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
To: Alan Stern <stern-nwvwT67g6+6dFdvTe/nMLpVzexx5G7lz@public.gmane.org>
Cc: Johan Hovold <johan-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman
	<gregkh-hQyY1W1yCW8ekmWlsbkhG0B+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org>,
	Felipe Balbi <balbi-l0cyMroinI0@public.gmane.org>,
	linux-usb-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
	linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
	Stephen Warren <swarren-3lzwWm7+Weoh9ZMKESR00Q@public.gmane.org>,
	Thierry Reding
	<thierry.reding-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>,
	Alexandre Courbot
	<gnurou-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>,
	linux-tegra-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
	stable <stable-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] USB: ehci-tegra: fix inefficient copy of unaligned buffers
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2015 21:59:32 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20150407195932.GB12027@localhost> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.44L0.1504071127210.1430-100000-IYeN2dnnYyZXsRXLowluHWD2FQJk+8+b@public.gmane.org>

On Tue, Apr 07, 2015 at 11:30:15AM -0400, Alan Stern wrote:
> On Tue, 7 Apr 2015, Johan Hovold wrote:
> 
> > Make sure only to copy any actual data rather than the whole buffer,
> > when releasing the temporary buffer used for unaligned transfer buffers.
> > 
> > Note that the corresponding fix of musb also fixes a lockup on
> > disconnect, where repeated failed transfers would starve the hub
> > workqueue from processing the disconnect, which would have prevented the
> > urbs from being resubmitted. In this case there is no data to forward,
> > but the full buffer length was being copied nonetheless.
> 
> This is wrong for isochronous transfers, because the transfer data
> generally isn't contiguous in memory.
> 
> It would be okay to do this for other transfer types, though.

Thanks for pointing that out. I'll re-spin the series tomorrow.

Johan

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From: Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org>
To: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>
Cc: Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
	Felipe Balbi <balbi@ti.com>,
	linux-usb@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Stephen Warren <swarren@wwwdotorg.org>,
	Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@gmail.com>,
	Alexandre Courbot <gnurou@gmail.com>,
	linux-tegra@vger.kernel.org, stable <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] USB: ehci-tegra: fix inefficient copy of unaligned buffers
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2015 21:59:32 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20150407195932.GB12027@localhost> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.44L0.1504071127210.1430-100000@iolanthe.rowland.org>

On Tue, Apr 07, 2015 at 11:30:15AM -0400, Alan Stern wrote:
> On Tue, 7 Apr 2015, Johan Hovold wrote:
> 
> > Make sure only to copy any actual data rather than the whole buffer,
> > when releasing the temporary buffer used for unaligned transfer buffers.
> > 
> > Note that the corresponding fix of musb also fixes a lockup on
> > disconnect, where repeated failed transfers would starve the hub
> > workqueue from processing the disconnect, which would have prevented the
> > urbs from being resubmitted. In this case there is no data to forward,
> > but the full buffer length was being copied nonetheless.
> 
> This is wrong for isochronous transfers, because the transfer data
> generally isn't contiguous in memory.
> 
> It would be okay to do this for other transfer types, though.

Thanks for pointing that out. I'll re-spin the series tomorrow.

Johan

  parent reply	other threads:[~2015-04-07 19:59 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-04-07  9:46 [PATCH 0/2] USB: fix lockup on disconnect Johan Hovold
2015-04-07  9:46 ` Johan Hovold
     [not found] ` <1428400012-7563-1-git-send-email-johan-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
2015-04-07  9:46   ` [PATCH 1/2] USB: musb: fix inefficient copy of unaligned buffers Johan Hovold
2015-04-07  9:46     ` Johan Hovold
2015-04-07  9:46   ` [PATCH 2/2] USB: ehci-tegra: " Johan Hovold
2015-04-07  9:46     ` Johan Hovold
2015-04-07 15:30     ` Alan Stern
2015-04-07 15:30       ` Alan Stern
     [not found]       ` <Pine.LNX.4.44L0.1504071127210.1430-100000-IYeN2dnnYyZXsRXLowluHWD2FQJk+8+b@public.gmane.org>
2015-04-07 19:59         ` Johan Hovold [this message]
2015-04-07 19:59           ` Johan Hovold

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