PollingCnt is 20 and that means we loop 20 times and then run the timeout code. After the end of the loop PollingCnt should be -1 but because it's an unsigned char, it's actually 255 and the timeout code never runs. Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@xxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8712/usb_halinit.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8712/usb_halinit.c index f6569dc..0e9483b 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8712/usb_halinit.c +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8712/usb_halinit.c @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ u8 r8712_usb_hal_bus_init(struct _adapter *padapter) { u8 val8 = 0; u8 ret = _SUCCESS; - u8 PollingCnt = 20; + int PollingCnt = 20; struct registry_priv *pregistrypriv = &padapter->registrypriv; if (pregistrypriv->chip_version == RTL8712_FPGA) { -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-janitors" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html