Re: [PATCH] usb: core: update wait routine to set a timeout

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On Thu, 29 May 2014, Huang Rui wrote:

> Currently, in usb_sg_wait routine there isn't a timeout on waiting for
> completion signal. When using TEST 5 -> 8 at usbtest module to verify
> a new device controller with gadget zero, it would be hang on this
> phase and this routine waits forever.

Why did it hang?  That's the real problem; you should fix that instead 
of adding a timeout.

> So it should add a timeout about
> 10s to export a TIMEOUT error to return.

What makes you think 10 seconds is a good timeout value?

Sorry, this is not acceptable.  Any timeout value you specify has to 
work for _all_ places that call this routine.  10 minutes might be 
okay.

Alan Stern

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