Re: [PATCH v2] usb: xhci: fix interrupt transfer error happened on MTK platforms

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Fri Sep 07 2018 - 04:56:51 EST


On Fri, Sep 07, 2018 at 04:43:46PM +0800, Chunfeng Yun wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Fri, 2018-09-07 at 09:42 +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > On Fri, Sep 07, 2018 at 03:29:12PM +0800, Chunfeng Yun wrote:
> > > The MTK xHCI controller use some reserved bytes in endpoint context for
> > > bandwidth scheduling, so need keep them in xhci_endpoint_copy();
> >
> > If they are "reserved" shouldn't they be properly named? And by using
> > reserved bytes, isn't that a spec violation?
> It indeed violates the spec, "they shall be treated by system software
> as Reserved and Opaque", and it's a quirk of the MTK xHCI controller.

So as the "system software" here, we should just ignore them otherwise
we violate the spec? :)

Anyway, that's fine, no objection from me for the patch, thanks.

greg k-h