Hi Johan, * johan.hedberg@xxxxxxxxx <johan.hedberg@xxxxxxxxx> [2010-11-18 22:22:29 +0200]: > From: Johan Hedberg <johan.hedberg@xxxxxxxxx> > > In Bluetooth there are no automatic updates of remote device names when > they get changed on the remote side. Instead, it is a good idea to do a > manual name request when a new connection gets created (for whatever > reason) since at this point it is very cheap (no costly baseband > connection creation needed just for the sake of the name request). > > So far userspace has been responsible for this extra name request but > tighter control is needed in order not to flood Bluetooth controllers > with two many commands during connection creation. It has been shown > that some controllers simply fail to function correctly if they get too > many (almost) simultaneous commands during connection creation. The > simplest way to acheive better control of these commands is to move > their sending completely to the kernel side. > > This patch inserts name requests into the sequence of events that the > kernel performs during connection creation. It does this after the > remote features have been successfully requested and before any pending > authentication requests are performed. The code will work sub-optimally > with userspace versions that still do the name requesting themselves (it > shouldn't break anything though) so it is recommended to combine this > with a userspace software version that doesn't have automated name > requests. > > Signed-off-by: Johan Hedberg <johan.hedberg@xxxxxxxxx> > --- > net/bluetooth/hci_event.c | 72 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------- > 1 files changed, 54 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-) Both patches have been applied. Thanks. -- Gustavo F. Padovan http://profusion.mobi -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-bluetooth" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
