On Sunday 04 November 2012 09:29:49 Ming Lei wrote: > Thip patchset avoids accessing auto-suspended device in ioctl path, > which is generally triggered by some network utility(ethtool, ifconfig, > ...) > > Most of network devices have the problem, but as discussed in the > thread: > > http://marc.info/?t=135054860600003&r=1&w=2 > > the problem should be solved inside driver. > > Considered that only smsc75xx and smsc95xx calls usbnet_read_cmd() > and usbnet_write_cmd() inside its resume and suspend callback, the > patcheset introduce the nopm version of the two functions which > should be called only in the resume and suspend callback. So we > can solve the problem by runtime resuming device before doing > control message things. Hi, I am happy with these patches. Dave, do you have a principal objection regarding these patches, too? Regards Oliver -- 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
