3.18-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: "Ahmed S. Darwish" <ahmed.darwish@xxxxxxxxx> commit 14c10c2a1dd8eb8e00b750b521753260befa2789 upstream. On some x86 laptops, plugging a Kvaser device again after an unplug makes the firmware always ignore the very first command. For such a case, provide some room for retries instead of completely exiting the driver init code. Signed-off-by: Ahmed S. Darwish <ahmed.darwish@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/can/usb/kvaser_usb.c | 12 ++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) --- a/drivers/net/can/usb/kvaser_usb.c +++ b/drivers/net/can/usb/kvaser_usb.c @@ -1588,7 +1588,7 @@ static int kvaser_usb_probe(struct usb_i { struct kvaser_usb *dev; int err = -ENOMEM; - int i; + int i, retry = 3; dev = devm_kzalloc(&intf->dev, sizeof(*dev), GFP_KERNEL); if (!dev) @@ -1606,7 +1606,15 @@ static int kvaser_usb_probe(struct usb_i usb_set_intfdata(intf, dev); - err = kvaser_usb_get_software_info(dev); + /* On some x86 laptops, plugging a Kvaser device again after + * an unplug makes the firmware always ignore the very first + * command. For such a case, provide some room for retries + * instead of completely exiting the driver. + */ + do { + err = kvaser_usb_get_software_info(dev); + } while (--retry && err == -ETIMEDOUT); + if (err) { dev_err(&intf->dev, "Cannot get software infos, error %d\n", err); -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html