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
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