On Tue, 20 Mar 2012, Lan Tianyu wrote: > On 2012年03月20日 00:04, Alan Stern wrote: > > On Mon, 19 Mar 2012, Lan Tianyu wrote: > > > >> Add struct usb_hub_port pointer port_data in the struct usb_hub and allocate > >> struct usb_hub_port perspectively for each ports to store private data. > > > > You might as well add the child device pointer into your new data > > structure. This will require changes to at least three other files in > > addition to hub.c: > hi alan: > Great thanks for your review. > But I still confuse about "You might as well add the child device pointer > into your new data structure." Could you help me to make it clear? :) > Do you mean add struct usb_device pointer toward the device attached to the > port in the > struct usb_hub_port? If yes,Why? Yes, that's what I mean. It's a natural thing to do; the child device is directly associated with the port. It's better than allocating a separate array for hdev->children. > > devices.c, host/r8a66597-hcd.c, > > drivers/staging/usbip/usbip_common.c > > > > Maybe some others; I didn't look through the entire kernel source. It > > also means you will have to export a function to get a pointer to the > > child device, given the port number. > If it was necessary, could I fill the child pointer in the > hub_port_connect_change()? just > after a new usb device being created. > > static void hub_port_connect_change(struct usb_hub *hub, int port1, > u16 portstatus, u16 portchange) { > ... > /* Run it through the hoops (find a driver, etc) */ > if (!status) { > status = usb_new_device(udev); > if (status) { > spin_lock_irq(&device_state_lock); > hdev->children[port1-1] = NULL; > spin_unlock_irq(&device_state_lock); > } > /* like here?*/ > } > ... > } That's the right idea, but the wrong place. The right place to fill in the pointer is a few lines higher, where the code already does hdev->children[port1-1] = udev; while holding the device_state_lock. Alan Stern -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-acpi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html