Re: [PATCH] usb: Make USB persist default configurable

[Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Mon, Mar 18, 2013 at 05:02:19PM -0700, Julius Werner wrote:
> > Why can't you just revert this in userspace?  Isn't that easier than
> > doing a kernel patch and providing an option that we need to now
> > maintain for pretty much forever?
> 
> I could solve it in userspace, but that really feels like a hacky
> workaround and not a long term solution. It would mean that every new
> device starts with persist enabled and stays that way for a few
> milliseconds (maybe up to seconds if it's connected on boot), until
> userspace gets around to disable it again... opening the possibility
> for very weird race conditions and bugs with drivers/devices that
> don't work with persist.

What drivers/devices don't work with persist?  We need to know that now,
otherwise all other distros and users have problems, right?

> This default is a policy that really resides in the kernel, it has
> changed in the past, and since there is no definitive better choice
> for all cases I thought making it configurable is the right thing to
> do.

Too many options can be a bad thing.

I think Alan made this a "always on" option, so I'd like to get his
opinion on it.  Alan?

thanks,

greg k-h