Re: [PATCH v1 0/5] usbnet: avoiding access auto-suspended device

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From: Oliver Neukum <oneukum@xxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 05 Nov 2012 10:24:57 +0100

> 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?

There were review comments and the most recently posted series
needs to be reposted with that feedback incorporated.
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