Re: [PATCH 2/2] hso: fix deadlock when receiving bursts of data

From: Olivier Sobrie <redacted>
Date: Mon,  7 Jul 2014 11:06:07 +0200

When the module sends bursts of data, sometimes a deadlock happens in
the hso driver when the tty buffer doesn't get the chance to be flushed
quickly enough.

To avoid this, first, we remove the endless while loop in
put_rx_bufdata() which is the root cause of the deadlock.
Secondly, when there is no room anymore in the tty buffer, we set up a
timer of 100 msecs to give a chance to the upper layer to flush the tty
buffer and make room for new data.

Signed-off-by: Olivier Sobrie <redacted>

I agree with the feedback you've been given in that adding a delay
like this is really not a reasonable solution.

Why is it so difficult to make the event which places the data there
trigger to necessary calls to pull the data out of the URB transfer
buffer?

This should be totally and completely event based.