1 What callbacks will usbcore do?
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4 Usbcore will call into a driver through callbacks defined in the driver
5 structure and through the completion handler of URBs a driver submits.
6 Only the former are in the scope of this document. These two kinds of
7 callbacks are completely independent of each other. Information on the
8 completion callback can be found in Documentation/usb/URB.txt.
10 The callbacks defined in the driver structure are:
12 1. Hotplugging callbacks:
14 * @probe: Called to see if the driver is willing to manage a particular
15 * interface on a device.
16 * @disconnect: Called when the interface is no longer accessible, usually
17 * because its device has been (or is being) disconnected or the
18 * driver module is being unloaded.
20 2. Odd backdoor through usbfs:
22 * @ioctl: Used for drivers that want to talk to userspace through
23 * the "usbfs" filesystem. This lets devices provide ways to
24 * expose information to user space regardless of where they
25 * do (or don't) show up otherwise in the filesystem.
27 3. Power management (PM) callbacks:
29 * @suspend: Called when the device is going to be suspended.
30 * @resume: Called when the device is being resumed.
31 * @reset_resume: Called when the suspended device has been reset instead
34 4. Device level operations:
36 * @pre_reset: Called when the device is about to be reset.
37 * @post_reset: Called after the device has been reset
39 The ioctl interface (2) should be used only if you have a very good
40 reason. Sysfs is preferred these days. The PM callbacks are covered
41 separately in Documentation/usb/power-management.txt.
46 All callbacks are mutually exclusive. There's no need for locking
47 against other USB callbacks. All callbacks are called from a task
48 context. You may sleep. However, it is important that all sleeps have a
49 small fixed upper limit in time. In particular you must not call out to
50 user space and await results.
55 These callbacks are intended to associate and disassociate a driver with
56 an interface. A driver's bond to an interface is exclusive.
61 int (*probe) (struct usb_interface *intf,
62 const struct usb_device_id *id);
64 Accept or decline an interface. If you accept the device return 0,
65 otherwise -ENODEV or -ENXIO. Other error codes should be used only if a
66 genuine error occurred during initialisation which prevented a driver
67 from accepting a device that would else have been accepted.
68 You are strongly encouraged to use usbcore'sfacility,
69 usb_set_intfdata(), to associate a data structure with an interface, so
70 that you know which internal state and identity you associate with a
71 particular interface. The device will not be suspended and you may do IO
72 to the interface you are called for and endpoint 0 of the device. Device
73 initialisation that doesn't take too long is a good idea here.
75 The disconnect() callback
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78 void (*disconnect) (struct usb_interface *intf);
80 This callback is a signal to break any connection with an interface.
81 You are not allowed any IO to a device after returning from this
82 callback. You also may not do any other operation that may interfere
83 with another driver bound the interface, eg. a power management
85 If you are called due to a physical disconnection, all your URBs will be
86 killed by usbcore. Note that in this case disconnect will be called some
87 time after the physical disconnection. Thus your driver must be prepared
88 to deal with failing IO even prior to the callback.
90 Device level callbacks
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96 int (*pre_reset)(struct usb_interface *intf);
98 Another driver or user space is triggering a reset on the device which
99 contains the interface passed as an argument. Cease IO and save any
100 device state you need to restore.
102 If you need to allocate memory here, use GFP_NOIO or GFP_ATOMIC, if you
103 are in atomic context.
108 int (*post_reset)(struct usb_interface *intf);
110 The reset has completed. Restore any saved device state and begin
111 using the device again.
113 If you need to allocate memory here, use GFP_NOIO or GFP_ATOMIC, if you
114 are in atomic context.
119 No callbacks other than probe will be invoked for an interface
120 that isn't bound to your driver.
122 Probe will never be called for an interface bound to a driver.
123 Hence following a successful probe, disconnect will be called
124 before there is another probe for the same interface.
126 Once your driver is bound to an interface, disconnect can be
127 called at any time except in between pre_reset and post_reset.
128 pre_reset is always followed by post_reset, even if the reset
129 failed or the device has been unplugged.
131 suspend is always followed by one of: resume, reset_resume, or