linux-stable/drivers/usb
Andi Kleen 0daeed381c USB-BKL: Remove BKL use for usb serial driver probing
The usb serial driver initialization tried to use the BKL to stop
driver modules from unloading, but that didn't work anyways.

There was already some code to do proper try_module_get,
but it was conditional on having a new probe interface.
I checked all the low level drivers and they all have proper
.owner = THIS_MODULE, so it's ok to always use.

The other problem was the usb_serial_driver_list needing
protection by a lock. This was broken anyways because unregister
did not necessarily have the BKL.

I extended the extending table_lock mutex to protect this case too.

With these changes the BKL can be removed here.

Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2010-08-10 14:35:36 -07:00
..
atm usb: atm: fixed spacing and indentation coding style issues 2010-08-10 14:35:35 -07:00
c67x00 USB: make hcd.h public (drivers dependency) 2010-05-20 13:21:30 -07:00
class Merge branch 'master' into for-next 2010-08-04 15:14:38 +02:00
core USB-BKL: Convert usb_driver ioctl to unlocked_ioctl 2010-08-10 14:35:35 -07:00
early echi-dbgp: Add kernel debugger support for the usb debug port 2010-05-20 21:04:31 -05:00
gadget USB: Add a serial number parameter to g_file_storage module 2010-08-10 14:35:35 -07:00
host USB: EHCI: EHCI 1.1 addendum: Enable Per-port change detect bits 2010-08-10 14:35:35 -07:00
image USB: BKL removal: mdc800 2010-03-02 14:54:27 -08:00
misc USB-BKL: Convert usb_driver ioctl to unlocked_ioctl 2010-08-10 14:35:35 -07:00
mon Merge branch 'bkl/ioctl' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/frederic/random-tracing 2010-05-24 08:01:10 -07:00
musb USB: musb: tusb6010: fix compile error with n8x0_defconfig 2010-07-26 12:00:59 -07:00
otg USB: otg/ulpi: bail out on read errors 2010-06-30 08:16:06 -07:00
serial USB-BKL: Remove BKL use for usb serial driver probing 2010-08-10 14:35:36 -07:00
storage USB: isd200.c: Remove unnecessary kmalloc cast 2010-08-10 14:35:34 -07:00
wusbcore fix typos concerning "initiali[zs]e" 2010-06-16 18:05:05 +02:00
Kconfig USB: Add JZ4740 OHCI support 2010-08-05 13:26:19 +01:00
Makefile USB: MXC: Add i.MX21 specific USB host controller driver. 2010-03-02 14:52:55 -08:00
README
usb-skeleton.c USB: rename usb_buffer_alloc() and usb_buffer_free() users 2010-05-20 13:21:38 -07:00

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.