Re: [PATCH 0/6] usb: Add Clear_TT_Buffer support for XHCI

[Alan Stern]

On Fri, 26 Apr 2019, Jim Lin wrote:

> Jim Lin (6):
>   usb: hub:Extend usb_hub_clear_tt_buffer parameter
>   usb: isp1760:Adjusted for usb_hub_clear_tt_buffer
>   usb: fotg210:Adjusted for usb_hub_clear_tt_buffer
>   usb: ehci: Adjusted for usb_hub_clear_tt_buffer
>   usb: dwc2: Adjusted for usb_hub_clear_tt_buffer
>   usb: xhci: Add Clear_TT_Buffer
> 
>  drivers/usb/core/hub.c            |  5 +++--
>  drivers/usb/dwc2/hcd_intr.c       |  2 +-
>  drivers/usb/host/ehci-q.c         |  2 +-
>  drivers/usb/host/fotg210-hcd.c    |  2 +-
>  drivers/usb/host/xhci-ring.c      | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  drivers/usb/host/xhci.c           |  7 +++++++
>  drivers/usb/host/xhci.h           |  3 +++
>  drivers/usb/isp1760/isp1760-hcd.c |  5 +++--
>  include/linux/usb/hcd.h           |  2 +-
>  9 files changed, 45 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

This doesn't explain anything.  After reading the patches, I could see 
that patches 2-5 are needed in order to work with patch 1, but I don't 
know why patch 1 was needed in the first place.  It looks like patch 1 
forces callers to add an extra argument containing information that is 
already available, so why is the extra argument needed?

In any case, this is the sort of the thing you should explain to people
instead of forcing them to figure it out for themselves.

Alan Stern