> This actually was a side effect of the "byte lost on close" patch > that I submitted, it should be in Greg's tree. The relevant part goes > like this: > diff --git a/drivers/usb/serial/generic.c b/drivers/usb/serial/generic.c > index f1ea3a3..3372faa 100644 > --- a/drivers/usb/serial/generic.c > +++ b/drivers/usb/serial/generic.c > @@ -386,12 +386,15 @@ int usb_serial_generic_chars_in_buffer(struct tty_struct *tty) > > dbg("%s - port %d", __func__, port->number); > > + spin_lock_irqsave(&port->lock, flags); > if (serial->type->max_in_flight_urbs) { > - spin_lock_irqsave(&port->lock, flags); > chars = port->tx_bytes_flight; > - spin_unlock_irqrestore(&port->lock, flags); > - } else if (serial->num_bulk_out) > - chars = kfifo_len(&port->write_fifo); > + } else if (serial->num_bulk_out) { > + /* This overcounts badly, but is good enough for drain wait. */ > + chars = __kfifo_len(port->write_fifo); > + chars += port->write_urb_busy * port->bulk_out_size; > + } > + spin_unlock_irqrestore(&port->lock, flags); > > dbg("%s - returns %d", __func__, chars); > return chars; That is indeed what you submitted on Dec 7, but this is what is in Greg's tree: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/gregkh/patches.git;a=blob;f=usb/usb-serial-mct_usb232-add-drain-on-close.patch;h=c464f1a82e93df0dd41762a8cb33b0b22e90cdd7;hb=1ea72e7c40b239c6b6f88a4993196be66fc3d892 38 --- a/drivers/usb/serial/generic.c 39 +++ b/drivers/usb/serial/generic.c 40 @@ -369,8 +369,11 @@ int usb_serial_generic_write_room(struct 41 room = port->bulk_out_size * 42 (serial->type->max_in_flight_urbs - 43 port->urbs_in_flight); 44 - } else if (serial->num_bulk_out) 45 + } else if (serial->num_bulk_out) { 46 + /* This overcounts badly, but is good enough for drain wait. */ 47 room = kfifo_avail(&port->write_fifo); 48 + room += port->write_urb_busy * port->bulk_out_size; 49 + } 50 spin_unlock_irqrestore(&port->lock, flags); 51 52 dbg("%s - returns %d", __func__, room); Which does not make any sense at all. Bad merge? What do you say Greg? /Johan -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-usb" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html