Re: OHCI hangs after failing to free resources

Mike Nuss <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.usb.devel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Alan Stern wrote:
> On Fri, 6 Jul 2007, Mike Nuss wrote:
> 
>>> If all else fails and you can't get timely interrupts, you can always 
>>> fall back on a kernel timer.  Scan through the data structures once a 
>>> second or thereabouts.  As an optimization, allow the timer to run only 
>>> while there are active URBs.
>> Yes, I'm thinking this might be the only way that will always work. How
>> prevalent is that kind of workaround in the kernel?
> 
> It happens here and there.  If you need it, don't feel shy about
> putting it in.  Just make sure there's minimal overhead for systems
> that don't need it.

I have the fix in place now, and it's working great. Is there anyone in
particular I should send it to for review? Which version of the kernel
should I diff against?

Mike

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