Re: [PATCH 3/3] HID: usbhid: defer LED setting to a workqueue

[Oliver Neukum]

Am Mittwoch, 14. Dezember 2011, 11:33:03 schrieb Daniel Kurtz:
> On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 4:01 PM, Oliver Neukum <oneukum@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Am Donnerstag, 17. November 2011, 12:23:50 schrieb Daniel Kurtz:
> >> Defer LED setting action to a workqueue.
> >> This is more likely to send all LED change events in a single URB.
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I hope I am looking at the correct version of this patch.
> > But as far as I can see the work for handling LEDs is not delayed
> > while a reset is going on. That is wrong.
> 
> Actually, I'm not sure why this is wrong.  I find the reset handling
> quite confusing in this driver.
> Can you point out what will fail, and recommend how to fix it?

That is part of the workings of a USB driver. After you return from
pre_reset() you don't do IO to the device. After post_reset() the
device should be in its default state whose LED states won't match
what they ought to be.

	Regards
		Oliver
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