linux/drivers/usb
Oliver Neukum 5b06470816 USB: fix autosuspend race in skeleton driver
as the skeleton driver was made ready for autosuspend a race condition
was introduced. The reference to get device must be gotten before the
autosuspend counter is upped, as this operation may sleep, dropping BKL.
Dropping BKL means that the pointer to the device may become invalid.
Here's the fix.

Signed-off-by: Oliver Neukum <oneukum@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2007-02-16 15:32:19 -08:00
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atm USB: <linux/usb_ch9.h> becomes <linux/usb/ch9.h> 2007-02-07 15:44:32 -08:00
class USB: autosuspend for usb printer driver 2007-02-07 15:44:39 -08:00
core USB: fix concurrent buffer access in the hub driver 2007-02-16 15:32:19 -08:00
gadget [PATCH] Scheduled removal of SA_xxx interrupt flags fixups 2007-02-14 08:09:54 -08:00
host EHCI: add debugging message to ehci_bus_suspend 2007-02-16 15:32:18 -08:00
image [PATCH] remove many unneeded #includes of sched.h 2007-02-14 08:09:54 -08:00
input [PATCH] remove many unneeded #includes of sched.h 2007-02-14 08:09:54 -08:00
misc USB: Driver to charge USB blackberry devices 2007-02-16 15:32:17 -08:00
mon USB: add binary API to usbmon 2007-02-07 15:44:34 -08:00
net USB: asix - Fix endian issues in asix_tx_fixup() 2007-02-16 15:32:19 -08:00
serial USB: Fix error cleanup path in airprime 2007-02-16 15:32:18 -08:00
storage USB: unusual_devs update for Sony P990i phone 2007-02-16 15:32:17 -08:00
Kconfig [ARM] 3963/1: AT91: Update configuration files 2006-12-01 16:56:43 +00:00
Makefile USB: Driver to charge USB blackberry devices 2007-02-16 15:32:17 -08:00
README Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
usb-skeleton.c USB: fix autosuspend race in skeleton driver 2007-02-16 15:32:19 -08:00

README

To understand all the Linux-USB framework, you'll use these resources:

    * This source code.  This is necessarily an evolving work, and
      includes kerneldoc that should help you get a current overview.
      ("make pdfdocs", and then look at "usb.pdf" for host side and
      "gadget.pdf" for peripheral side.)  Also, Documentation/usb has
      more information.

    * The USB 2.0 specification (from www.usb.org), with supplements
      such as those for USB OTG and the various device classes.
      The USB specification has a good overview chapter, and USB
      peripherals conform to the widely known "Chapter 9".

    * Chip specifications for USB controllers.  Examples include
      host controllers (on PCs, servers, and more); peripheral
      controllers (in devices with Linux firmware, like printers or
      cell phones); and hard-wired peripherals like Ethernet adapters.

    * Specifications for other protocols implemented by USB peripheral
      functions.  Some are vendor-specific; others are vendor-neutral
      but just standardized outside of the www.usb.org team.

Here is a list of what each subdirectory here is, and what is contained in
them.

core/		- This is for the core USB host code, including the
		  usbfs files and the hub class driver ("khubd").

host/		- This is for USB host controller drivers.  This
		  includes UHCI, OHCI, EHCI, and others that might
		  be used with more specialized "embedded" systems.

gadget/		- This is for USB peripheral controller drivers and
		  the various gadget drivers which talk to them.


Individual USB driver directories.  A new driver should be added to the
first subdirectory in the list below that it fits into.

image/		- This is for still image drivers, like scanners or
		  digital cameras.
input/		- This is for any driver that uses the input subsystem,
		  like keyboard, mice, touchscreens, tablets, etc.
media/		- This is for multimedia drivers, like video cameras,
		  radios, and any other drivers that talk to the v4l
		  subsystem.
net/		- This is for network drivers.
serial/		- This is for USB to serial drivers.
storage/	- This is for USB mass-storage drivers.
class/		- This is for all USB device drivers that do not fit
		  into any of the above categories, and work for a range
		  of USB Class specified devices. 
misc/		- This is for all USB device drivers that do not fit
		  into any of the above categories.