Re: [PATCH/RFC 2.6.16.5 1/1] usb/media/quickcam_messenger driver v2

[Oliver Neukum <oliver@neukum.org>]

Am Montag, 15. Mai 2006 14:50 schrieb Jaya Kumar:
> On 5/15/06, Oliver Neukum <oliver@neukum.name> wrote:
> > Am Montag, 15. Mai 2006 10:49 schrieb jayakumar.video@gmail.com:
> > > +urb->status = 0;
> > > +urb->actual_length = 0;
> >
> > These are not needed. Indeed you should never write to those fields.
> >
> >         Regards
> >                 Oliver
> >
> 
> I see. Good point. I ought to have actually looked at usb_submit_urb
> and seen that it initializes status and actual_length. I'll make the
> change.
> 
> To reduce my embarrassment, I'll point out that several other media
> drivers also do this:
> 
> drivers/usb/media % egrep "urb->status.*=" *.c
> <snip>
> konicawc.c:        urb->status = 0;
> se401.c:        urb->status=0;
> stv680.c:       urb->status = 0;
> usbvideo.c:     urb->status = 0;
> w9968cf.c:      urb->status = 0;
> 
> In most of the above cases, it appears to be just before resubmitting the urb.

There's your opportunity to remove even more unnecessary kernel code.

	Regards
		Oliver
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