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Re: [PATCH 5/7] rt2x00usb: Zero USB padding before sending URB

From: Ivo Van Doorn <hidden>
Date: 2011-12-28 22:40:53

On Wed, Dec 28, 2011 at 1:53 AM, Gertjan van Wingerde
[off-list ref] wrote:
From: Jakub Kiciński <redacted>

When USB driver requires padding at the end of frame or URB it will report
this need by increasing return value of get_tx_data_len callback. Common
USB code uses that return value as desired URB length.

Ensure that appropriate part of skb's tailroom exists and is zeroed.

Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <redacted>
Acked-by: Ivo van Doorn <redacted>
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
--
 drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00usb.c |   16 +++++++++++++---
 1 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
Signed-off-by: Gertjan van Wingerde <redacted>
---
 drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00usb.c |   16 +++++++++++++---
 1 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00usb.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00usb.c
index 1e31050..2eea386 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00usb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00usb.c
@@ -298,12 +298,22 @@ static bool rt2x00usb_kick_tx_entry(struct queue_entry *entry, void* data)
               return false;

       /*
-        * USB devices cannot blindly pass the skb->len as the
-        * length of the data to usb_fill_bulk_urb. Pass the skb
-        * to the driver to determine what the length should be.
+        * USB devices require certain padding at the end of each frame
+        * and urb. Those paddings are not included in skbs. Pass entry
+        * to the driver to determine what the overall length should be.
        */
       length = rt2x00dev->ops->lib->get_tx_data_len(entry);

+       status = skb_padto(entry->skb, length);
+       if (unlikely(status)) {
+               /* TODO: report something more appropriate than IO_FAILED. */
+               WARNING(rt2x00dev, "TX SKB padding error, out of memory\n");
+               set_bit(ENTRY_DATA_IO_FAILED, &entry->flags);
+               rt2x00lib_dmadone(entry);
+
+               return false;
+       }
+
       usb_fill_bulk_urb(entry_priv->urb, usb_dev,
                         usb_sndbulkpipe(usb_dev, entry->queue->usb_endpoint),
                         entry->skb->data, length,
--
1.7.7.4
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