Am Dienstag, den 05.01.2010, 12:35 +0100 schrieb Johan Hovold: > > > > > Which does not make any sense at all. Bad merge? What do you say Greg? > > > > > > > > I don't know where is your problem? This are two different functions > > > > usb_serial_generic_write_room() and usb_serial_generic_chars_in_buffer() > > > > > > Exactly my point. > > > > > > The drain patch needed to modify chars_in_buffer, but the patch in Greg's > > > tree modifies write_room instead (which does not make sense and was > > > neither part of the submitted patch). > > > > > Sorry, but i am not sure if i the right address about your complains. > > The only thing i have done in the usb serial driver is the port to the > > new kfifo API. This is the original patch i had posted: > > The drain patch merge was a side-track and you were CC:d as you > were part of the original thread. > > You did however remove the locking on kfifo_len that the original author > had put there with the exact patch you're quoting: > > > diff -u -N -r -p old/drivers/usb/serial/generic.c new/drivers/usb/serial/generic.c > > --- old/drivers/usb/serial/generic.c 2009-12-23 08:54:06.966476248 +0100 > > +++ new/drivers/usb/serial/generic.c 2009-12-23 09:06:25.778474708 +0100 > > @@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ static int usb_serial_generic_write_star > > if (port->write_urb_busy) > > start_io = false; > > else { > > - start_io = (kfifo_len(port->write_fifo) != 0); > > + start_io = (kfifo_len(&port->write_fifo) != 0); > > port->write_urb_busy = start_io; > > } > > spin_unlock_irqrestore(&port->lock, flags); > > @@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ static int usb_serial_generic_write_star > > return 0; > > > > data = port->write_urb->transfer_buffer; > > - count = kfifo_out_locked(port->write_fifo, data, port->bulk_out_size, &port->lock); > > + count = kfifo_out_locked(&port->write_fifo, data, port->bulk_out_size, &port->lock); > > usb_serial_debug_data(debug, &port->dev, __func__, count, data); > > > > /* set up our urb */ > > @@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ int usb_serial_generic_write(struct tty_ > > return usb_serial_multi_urb_write(tty, port, > > buf, count); > > > > - count = kfifo_in_locked(port->write_fifo, buf, count, &port->lock); > > + count = kfifo_in_locked(&port->write_fifo, buf, count, &port->lock); > > result = usb_serial_generic_write_start(port); > > > > if (result >= 0) > > @@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ int usb_serial_generic_write_room(struct > > (serial->type->max_in_flight_urbs - > > port->urbs_in_flight); > > } else if (serial->num_bulk_out) > > - room = port->write_fifo->size - kfifo_len(port->write_fifo); > > + room = kfifo_avail(&port->write_fifo); > > spin_unlock_irqrestore(&port->lock, flags); > > > > dbg("%s - returns %d", __func__, room); > > @@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ int usb_serial_generic_chars_in_buffer(s > > chars = port->tx_bytes_flight; > > spin_unlock_irqrestore(&port->lock, flags); > > } else if (serial->num_bulk_out) > > - chars = kfifo_len(port->write_fifo); > > + chars = kfifo_len(&port->write_fifo); > > Here's the change. The fifo used to be protected by a lock, but is no > longer. > I posted yesterday a patch to this thread. It would be great if you read and check this patch before complaining again!!!! > Never say you did. > Sorry, i had no real idea what is your problem, if this is not what you want. As i mentioned i posted to you yesterday a fix for the possible kfifo_len() bug, but i didn't get a response if this is fixing your problem. Again the patch: diff -u -N -r -p linux-2.6.33-rc2.orig/drivers/usb/serial/generic.c linux-2.6.33-rc2.new/drivers/usb/serial/generic.c --- linux-2.6.33-rc2.orig/drivers/usb/serial/generic.c 2009-12-27 23:37:03.566060210 +0100 +++ linux-2.6.33-rc2.new/drivers/usb/serial/generic.c 2010-01-04 20:15:38.023351711 +0100 @@ -386,12 +386,12 @@ int usb_serial_generic_chars_in_buffer(s dbg("%s - port %d", __func__, port->number); - if (serial->type->max_in_flight_urbs) { - spin_lock_irqsave(&port->lock, flags); + spin_lock_irqsave(&port->lock, flags); + if (serial->type->max_in_flight_urbs) chars = port->tx_bytes_flight; - spin_unlock_irqrestore(&port->lock, flags); - } else if (serial->num_bulk_out) + else if (serial->num_bulk_out) chars = kfifo_len(&port->write_fifo); + spin_unlock_irqrestore(&port->lock, flags); dbg("%s - returns %d", __func__, chars); return chars; This patch should solve the possible race (if there is one). With this patch all kfifo_... access are locked by the port->lock spinlock. If this is what you want i will posted it as a bug fix to andrew. Stefani -- 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