RE: usbcore and root-hub suspend/wakeup races

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On Sun, 19 Feb 2012, Chen Peter-B29397 wrote:

> > > The time of resume signal is 1-15ms for remote wakeup featured device,
> > > The code routine(hcd->driver->bus_suspend-> hcd->driver->bus_resume) is
> > process context,
> > > it will have schedule switch, I have ever met one 3G modem which only
> > sends 3ms resume signal,
> > > how to guarantee the above routine can be finished within 3ms?
> > 
> > We can't guarantee it.  In fact, we can't guarantee that any of the
> > remote wakeup pathways in the USB stack will meet their time limits.
> > 
> > But it doesn't matter.  If the resume signal doesn't come in time, the
> > device will go back to sleep.  Then later on, when the resume signal
> > finally does arrive, it will wake back up again.
> > 
> It depends on device. Before the suspend, we tell device it can wakeup host
> through USB_REQ_SET_FEATURE, but when it really sends wakeup signal, the host
> does not act which the device has expected. It may lose some data it wants to send Host or other
> uncertain situation. I think you do not want that confusing thing happen, so
> you design the logic at choose_wakeup.

I don't understand.  The only way to avoid the problem completely is 
never to enable remote wakeup.  We don't want that.

Alan Stern

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