Re: Explanation required for usb_kill_urb and usb_poision_urb functions

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On Thu, 30 Jan 2014, Kumar Gaurav wrote:

> Hi All,
> 
> I have some questions regarding below two methods in 
> drivers/usr/core/urb.c source code.
> 
> Methods:
> void usb_kill_urb(struct urb *urb)
> void usb_poison_urb(struct urb *urb)
> 
> In both functions we have used `wait_event` method but haven't checked 
> for the condition `atomic_read(&urb->use_count) == 0` before going to sleep.
> Should we add the check before putting the calling process to sleep or 
> avoiding check is intended (please explain if yes).

We don't need to check, because wait_event checks the condition before 
it goes to sleep.

Alan Stern

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