Re: g_serial hangs on write when the cable is disconnected

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Hi Alan,

On Wed, Aug 5, 2015 at 7:15 PM, Alan Stern <stern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Wed, 5 Aug 2015, Greg KH wrote:
>
>> hm, wait, is this really the n_gsm line discipline?  Or is it something
>> else?
>>
>> g_serial is the device side of a serial connection, there is no "cable
>> removed" notification that it even knows about, that has to come from
>> the gadget driver somehow, which you should listen for and then kick
>> your userspace program.
>
> There is the gserial_disconnect() callback, which gets invoked when the
> Vbus power (provided by the host) is removed.  It's a pretty good
> indicator that the USB cable has been unplugged.
>
> I don't understand all the stuff that gserial_disconnect() does, but it
> ought to be more or less equivalent to a "hangup" -- as the kerneldoc
> says.  If it doesn't do what users expect, there's probably a bug
> somewhere.
>
> Of course, it's possible that the callback does not get invoked in
> Laszlo's case.  Then the question would be: Why not?

Hmm, that is a good question. I wonder if there had been any recent
fixes for that lately... I suppose that I will need to skim through
the git log. Thank you for the hints!

> Alan Stern
>
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