From stern@rowland.harvard.edu Fri Jul 29 13:16:21 2005
Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2005 16:11:07 -0400 (EDT)
From: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>
To: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
Subject: USB: URB_ASYNC_UNLINK flag removed from the kernel
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.44L0.0507291531420.6440-100000@iolanthe.rowland.org>


29 July 2005, Cambridge, MA:

This afternoon Alan Stern submitted a patch to remove the URB_ASYNC_UNLINK
flag from the Linux kernel.  Mr. Stern explained, "This flag is a relic
from an earlier, less-well-designed system.  For over a year it hasn't
been used for anything other than printing warning messages."

An anonymous spokesman for the Linux kernel development community
commented, "This is exactly the sort of thing we see happening all the
time.  As the kernel evolves, support for old techniques and old code can
be jettisoned and replaced by newer, better approaches.  Proprietary
operating systems do not have the freedom or flexibility to change so
quickly."

Mr. Stern, a staff member at Harvard University's Rowland Institute who
works on Linux only as a hobby, noted that the patch (labelled as548) did
not update two files, keyspan.c and option.c, in the USB drivers' "serial"
subdirectory.  "Those files need more extensive changes," he remarked.  
"They examine the status field of several URBs at times when they're not
supposed to.  That will need to be fixed before the URB_ASYNC_UNLINK flag
is removed."

Greg Kroah-Hartman, the kernel maintainer responsible for overseeing all
of Linux's USB drivers, did not respond to our inquiries or return our
calls.  His only comment was "Applied, thanks."

Signed-off-by: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>

---
 drivers/block/ub.c                  |    8 ++++----
 drivers/net/irda/irda-usb.c         |   13 ++-----------
 drivers/usb/atm/cxacru.c            |    2 --
 drivers/usb/core/message.c          |    4 +---
 drivers/usb/core/urb.c              |   26 ++++----------------------
 drivers/usb/input/hid-core.c        |    6 +++---
 drivers/usb/misc/auerswald.c        |    3 +--
 drivers/usb/misc/sisusbvga/sisusb.c |    4 ++--
 drivers/usb/misc/usbtest.c          |    2 --
 drivers/usb/net/catc.c              |    2 --
 drivers/usb/net/kaweth.c            |    1 -
 drivers/usb/net/pegasus.c           |    1 -
 drivers/usb/net/rtl8150.c           |    1 -
 drivers/usb/net/usbnet.c            |    2 --
 drivers/usb/net/zd1201.c            |    1 -
 drivers/usb/storage/transport.c     |    7 +++----
 include/linux/usb.h                 |    9 +--------
 sound/usb/usbaudio.c                |   10 ++++------
 18 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 77 deletions(-)

--- gregkh-2.6.orig/drivers/usb/net/usbnet.c	2005-08-30 12:22:09.000000000 -0700
+++ gregkh-2.6/drivers/usb/net/usbnet.c	2005-08-30 12:22:16.000000000 -0700
@@ -2988,7 +2988,6 @@ static void rx_submit (struct usbnet *de
 
 	usb_fill_bulk_urb (urb, dev->udev, dev->in,
 		skb->data, size, rx_complete, skb);
-	urb->transfer_flags |= URB_ASYNC_UNLINK;
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave (&dev->rxq.lock, lockflags);
 
@@ -3562,7 +3561,6 @@ static int usbnet_start_xmit (struct sk_
 
 	usb_fill_bulk_urb (urb, dev->udev, dev->out,
 			skb->data, skb->len, tx_complete, skb);
-	urb->transfer_flags |= URB_ASYNC_UNLINK;
 
 	/* don't assume the hardware handles USB_ZERO_PACKET
 	 * NOTE:  strictly conforming cdc-ether devices should expect
--- gregkh-2.6.orig/drivers/usb/net/kaweth.c	2005-08-28 16:41:01.000000000 -0700
+++ gregkh-2.6/drivers/usb/net/kaweth.c	2005-08-30 12:22:16.000000000 -0700
@@ -787,7 +787,6 @@ static int kaweth_start_xmit(struct sk_b
 		      kaweth_usb_transmit_complete,
 		      kaweth);
 	kaweth->end = 0;
-	kaweth->tx_urb->transfer_flags |= URB_ASYNC_UNLINK;
 
 	if((res = usb_submit_urb(kaweth->tx_urb, GFP_ATOMIC)))
 	{
--- gregkh-2.6.orig/drivers/usb/atm/cxacru.c	2005-08-28 16:41:01.000000000 -0700
+++ gregkh-2.6/drivers/usb/atm/cxacru.c	2005-08-30 12:22:16.000000000 -0700
@@ -715,13 +715,11 @@ static int cxacru_bind(struct usbatm_dat
 			usb_dev, usb_rcvintpipe(usb_dev, CXACRU_EP_CMD),
 			instance->rcv_buf, PAGE_SIZE,
 			cxacru_blocking_completion, &instance->rcv_done, 1);
-	instance->rcv_urb->transfer_flags |= URB_ASYNC_UNLINK;
 
 	usb_fill_int_urb(instance->snd_urb,
 			usb_dev, usb_sndintpipe(usb_dev, CXACRU_EP_CMD),
 			instance->snd_buf, PAGE_SIZE,
 			cxacru_blocking_completion, &instance->snd_done, 4);
-	instance->snd_urb->transfer_flags |= URB_ASYNC_UNLINK;
 
 	init_MUTEX(&instance->cm_serialize);
 
--- gregkh-2.6.orig/drivers/usb/net/pegasus.c	2005-08-28 16:41:01.000000000 -0700
+++ gregkh-2.6/drivers/usb/net/pegasus.c	2005-08-30 12:22:16.000000000 -0700
@@ -825,7 +825,6 @@ static void pegasus_tx_timeout(struct ne
 	pegasus_t *pegasus = netdev_priv(net);
 	if (netif_msg_timer(pegasus))
 		printk(KERN_WARNING "%s: tx timeout\n", net->name);
-	pegasus->tx_urb->transfer_flags |= URB_ASYNC_UNLINK;
 	usb_unlink_urb(pegasus->tx_urb);
 	pegasus->stats.tx_errors++;
 }
--- gregkh-2.6.orig/drivers/net/irda/irda-usb.c	2005-08-28 16:41:01.000000000 -0700
+++ gregkh-2.6/drivers/net/irda/irda-usb.c	2005-08-30 12:22:16.000000000 -0700
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ static void irda_usb_change_speed_xbofs(
                       frame, IRDA_USB_SPEED_MTU,
                       speed_bulk_callback, self);
 	urb->transfer_buffer_length = USB_IRDA_HEADER;
-	urb->transfer_flags = URB_ASYNC_UNLINK;
+	urb->transfer_flags = 0;
 
 	/* Irq disabled -> GFP_ATOMIC */
 	if ((ret = usb_submit_urb(urb, GFP_ATOMIC))) {
@@ -401,15 +401,12 @@ static int irda_usb_hard_xmit(struct sk_
                       skb->data, IRDA_SKB_MAX_MTU,
                       write_bulk_callback, skb);
 	urb->transfer_buffer_length = skb->len;
-	/* Note : unlink *must* be Asynchronous because of the code in 
-	 * irda_usb_net_timeout() -> call in irq - Jean II */
-	urb->transfer_flags = URB_ASYNC_UNLINK;
 	/* This flag (URB_ZERO_PACKET) indicates that what we send is not
 	 * a continuous stream of data but separate packets.
 	 * In this case, the USB layer will insert an empty USB frame (TD)
 	 * after each of our packets that is exact multiple of the frame size.
 	 * This is how the dongle will detect the end of packet - Jean II */
-	urb->transfer_flags |= URB_ZERO_PACKET;
+	urb->transfer_flags = URB_ZERO_PACKET;
 
 	/* Generate min turn time. FIXME: can we do better than this? */
 	/* Trying to a turnaround time at this level is trying to measure
@@ -630,8 +627,6 @@ static void irda_usb_net_timeout(struct 
 			 * in completion handler, because urb->status will
 			 * be -ENOENT. We will fix that at the next watchdog,
 			 * leaving more time to USB to recover...
-			 * Also, we are in interrupt, so we need to have
-			 * URB_ASYNC_UNLINK to work properly...
 			 * Jean II */
 			done = 1;
 			break;
@@ -1008,9 +1003,7 @@ static int irda_usb_net_close(struct net
 		}
 	}
 	/* Cancel Tx and speed URB - need to be synchronous to avoid races */
-	self->tx_urb->transfer_flags &= ~URB_ASYNC_UNLINK;
 	usb_kill_urb(self->tx_urb);
-	self->speed_urb->transfer_flags &= ~URB_ASYNC_UNLINK;
 	usb_kill_urb(self->speed_urb);
 
 	/* Stop and remove instance of IrLAP */
@@ -1521,9 +1514,7 @@ static void irda_usb_disconnect(struct u
 			usb_kill_urb(self->rx_urb[i]);
 		/* Cancel Tx and speed URB.
 		 * Toggle flags to make sure it's synchronous. */
-		self->tx_urb->transfer_flags &= ~URB_ASYNC_UNLINK;
 		usb_kill_urb(self->tx_urb);
-		self->speed_urb->transfer_flags &= ~URB_ASYNC_UNLINK;
 		usb_kill_urb(self->speed_urb);
 	}
 
--- gregkh-2.6.orig/include/linux/usb.h	2005-08-30 12:22:04.000000000 -0700
+++ gregkh-2.6/include/linux/usb.h	2005-08-30 12:22:16.000000000 -0700
@@ -616,7 +616,6 @@ extern int usb_disabled(void);
 #define URB_ISO_ASAP		0x0002	/* iso-only, urb->start_frame ignored */
 #define URB_NO_TRANSFER_DMA_MAP	0x0004	/* urb->transfer_dma valid on submit */
 #define URB_NO_SETUP_DMA_MAP	0x0008	/* urb->setup_dma valid on submit */
-#define URB_ASYNC_UNLINK	0x0010	/* usb_unlink_urb() returns asap */
 #define URB_NO_FSBR		0x0020	/* UHCI-specific */
 #define URB_ZERO_PACKET		0x0040	/* Finish bulk OUTs with short packet */
 #define URB_NO_INTERRUPT	0x0080	/* HINT: no non-error interrupt needed */
@@ -724,13 +723,7 @@ typedef void (*usb_complete_t)(struct ur
  * Initialization:
  *
  * All URBs submitted must initialize the dev, pipe, transfer_flags (may be
- * zero), and complete fields.
- * The URB_ASYNC_UNLINK transfer flag affects later invocations of
- * the usb_unlink_urb() routine.  Note: Failure to set URB_ASYNC_UNLINK
- * with usb_unlink_urb() is deprecated.  For synchronous unlinks use
- * usb_kill_urb() instead.
- *
- * All URBs must also initialize 
+ * zero), and complete fields.  All URBs must also initialize
  * transfer_buffer and transfer_buffer_length.  They may provide the
  * URB_SHORT_NOT_OK transfer flag, indicating that short reads are
  * to be treated as errors; that flag is invalid for write requests.
--- gregkh-2.6.orig/drivers/usb/net/zd1201.c	2005-08-28 16:41:01.000000000 -0700
+++ gregkh-2.6/drivers/usb/net/zd1201.c	2005-08-30 12:22:16.000000000 -0700
@@ -847,7 +847,6 @@ static void zd1201_tx_timeout(struct net
 		return;
 	dev_warn(&zd->usb->dev, "%s: TX timeout, shooting down urb\n",
 	    dev->name);
-	zd->tx_urb->transfer_flags |= URB_ASYNC_UNLINK;
 	usb_unlink_urb(zd->tx_urb);
 	zd->stats.tx_errors++;
 	/* Restart the timeout to quiet the watchdog: */
--- gregkh-2.6.orig/drivers/usb/net/catc.c	2005-08-28 16:41:01.000000000 -0700
+++ gregkh-2.6/drivers/usb/net/catc.c	2005-08-30 12:22:16.000000000 -0700
@@ -383,7 +383,6 @@ static void catc_tx_done(struct urb *urb
 
 	if (urb->status == -ECONNRESET) {
 		dbg("Tx Reset.");
-		urb->transfer_flags &= ~URB_ASYNC_UNLINK;
 		urb->status = 0;
 		catc->netdev->trans_start = jiffies;
 		catc->stats.tx_errors++;
@@ -445,7 +444,6 @@ static void catc_tx_timeout(struct net_d
 	struct catc *catc = netdev_priv(netdev);
 
 	warn("Transmit timed out.");
-	catc->tx_urb->transfer_flags |= URB_ASYNC_UNLINK;
 	usb_unlink_urb(catc->tx_urb);
 }
 
--- gregkh-2.6.orig/drivers/usb/misc/usbtest.c	2005-08-28 16:41:01.000000000 -0700
+++ gregkh-2.6/drivers/usb/misc/usbtest.c	2005-08-30 12:22:16.000000000 -0700
@@ -986,7 +986,6 @@ test_ctrl_queue (struct usbtest_dev *dev
 
 		u->context = &context;
 		u->complete = ctrl_complete;
-		u->transfer_flags |= URB_ASYNC_UNLINK;
 	}
 
 	/* queue the urbs */
@@ -1052,7 +1051,6 @@ static int unlink1 (struct usbtest_dev *
 	urb = simple_alloc_urb (testdev_to_usbdev (dev), pipe, size);
 	if (!urb)
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	urb->transfer_flags |= URB_ASYNC_UNLINK;
 	urb->context = &completion;
 	urb->complete = unlink1_callback;
 
--- gregkh-2.6.orig/drivers/block/ub.c	2005-08-30 12:22:08.000000000 -0700
+++ gregkh-2.6/drivers/block/ub.c	2005-08-30 12:22:16.000000000 -0700
@@ -1010,7 +1010,7 @@ static int ub_scsi_cmd_start(struct ub_d
 	sc->last_pipe = sc->send_bulk_pipe;
 	usb_fill_bulk_urb(&sc->work_urb, sc->dev, sc->send_bulk_pipe,
 	    bcb, US_BULK_CB_WRAP_LEN, ub_urb_complete, sc);
-	sc->work_urb.transfer_flags = URB_ASYNC_UNLINK;
+	sc->work_urb.transfer_flags = 0;
 
 	/* Fill what we shouldn't be filling, because usb-storage did so. */
 	sc->work_urb.actual_length = 0;
@@ -1395,7 +1395,7 @@ static void ub_data_start(struct ub_dev 
 	usb_fill_bulk_urb(&sc->work_urb, sc->dev, pipe,
 	    page_address(sg->page) + sg->offset, sg->length,
 	    ub_urb_complete, sc);
-	sc->work_urb.transfer_flags = URB_ASYNC_UNLINK;
+	sc->work_urb.transfer_flags = 0;
 	sc->work_urb.actual_length = 0;
 	sc->work_urb.error_count = 0;
 	sc->work_urb.status = 0;
@@ -1442,7 +1442,7 @@ static int __ub_state_stat(struct ub_dev
 	sc->last_pipe = sc->recv_bulk_pipe;
 	usb_fill_bulk_urb(&sc->work_urb, sc->dev, sc->recv_bulk_pipe,
 	    &sc->work_bcs, US_BULK_CS_WRAP_LEN, ub_urb_complete, sc);
-	sc->work_urb.transfer_flags = URB_ASYNC_UNLINK;
+	sc->work_urb.transfer_flags = 0;
 	sc->work_urb.actual_length = 0;
 	sc->work_urb.error_count = 0;
 	sc->work_urb.status = 0;
@@ -1563,7 +1563,7 @@ static int ub_submit_clear_stall(struct 
 
 	usb_fill_control_urb(&sc->work_urb, sc->dev, sc->send_ctrl_pipe,
 	    (unsigned char*) cr, NULL, 0, ub_urb_complete, sc);
-	sc->work_urb.transfer_flags = URB_ASYNC_UNLINK;
+	sc->work_urb.transfer_flags = 0;
 	sc->work_urb.actual_length = 0;
 	sc->work_urb.error_count = 0;
 	sc->work_urb.status = 0;
--- gregkh-2.6.orig/sound/usb/usbaudio.c	2005-08-28 16:41:01.000000000 -0700
+++ gregkh-2.6/sound/usb/usbaudio.c	2005-08-30 12:22:16.000000000 -0700
@@ -705,10 +705,9 @@ static int deactivate_urbs(snd_usb_subst
 		if (test_bit(i, &subs->active_mask)) {
 			if (! test_and_set_bit(i, &subs->unlink_mask)) {
 				struct urb *u = subs->dataurb[i].urb;
-				if (async) {
-					u->transfer_flags |= URB_ASYNC_UNLINK;
+				if (async)
 					usb_unlink_urb(u);
-				} else
+				else
 					usb_kill_urb(u);
 			}
 		}
@@ -718,10 +717,9 @@ static int deactivate_urbs(snd_usb_subst
 			if (test_bit(i+16, &subs->active_mask)) {
  				if (! test_and_set_bit(i+16, &subs->unlink_mask)) {
 					struct urb *u = subs->syncurb[i].urb;
-					if (async) {
-						u->transfer_flags |= URB_ASYNC_UNLINK;
+					if (async)
 						usb_unlink_urb(u);
-					} else
+					else
 						usb_kill_urb(u);
 				}
 			}
--- gregkh-2.6.orig/drivers/usb/core/urb.c	2005-08-28 16:41:01.000000000 -0700
+++ gregkh-2.6/drivers/usb/core/urb.c	2005-08-30 12:22:16.000000000 -0700
@@ -309,9 +309,8 @@ int usb_submit_urb(struct urb *urb, unsi
 	unsigned int	allowed;
 
 	/* enforce simple/standard policy */
-	allowed = URB_ASYNC_UNLINK;	// affects later unlinks
-	allowed |= (URB_NO_TRANSFER_DMA_MAP | URB_NO_SETUP_DMA_MAP);
-	allowed |= URB_NO_INTERRUPT;
+	allowed = (URB_NO_TRANSFER_DMA_MAP | URB_NO_SETUP_DMA_MAP |
+			URB_NO_INTERRUPT);
 	switch (temp) {
 	case PIPE_BULK:
 		if (is_out)
@@ -400,14 +399,8 @@ int usb_submit_urb(struct urb *urb, unsi
  * canceled (rather than any other code) and will quickly be removed
  * from host controller data structures.
  *
- * In the past, clearing the URB_ASYNC_UNLINK transfer flag for the
- * URB indicated that the request was synchronous.  This usage is now
- * deprecated; if the flag is clear the call will be forwarded to
- * usb_kill_urb() and the return value will be 0.  In the future, drivers
- * should call usb_kill_urb() directly for synchronous unlinking.
- *
- * When the URB_ASYNC_UNLINK transfer flag for the URB is set, this
- * request is asynchronous.  Success is indicated by returning -EINPROGRESS,
+ * This request is always asynchronous.
+ * Success is indicated by returning -EINPROGRESS,
  * at which time the URB will normally have been unlinked but not yet
  * given back to the device driver.  When it is called, the completion
  * function will see urb->status == -ECONNRESET.  Failure is indicated
@@ -453,17 +446,6 @@ int usb_unlink_urb(struct urb *urb)
 {
 	if (!urb)
 		return -EINVAL;
-	if (!(urb->transfer_flags & URB_ASYNC_UNLINK)) {
-#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_KERNEL
-		if (printk_ratelimit()) {
-			printk(KERN_NOTICE "usb_unlink_urb() is deprecated for "
-				"synchronous unlinks.  Use usb_kill_urb() instead.\n");
-			WARN_ON(1);
-		}
-#endif
-		usb_kill_urb(urb);
-		return 0;
-	}
 	if (!(urb->dev && urb->dev->bus && urb->dev->bus->op))
 		return -ENODEV;
 	return urb->dev->bus->op->unlink_urb(urb, -ECONNRESET);
--- gregkh-2.6.orig/drivers/usb/misc/sisusbvga/sisusb.c	2005-08-28 16:41:01.000000000 -0700
+++ gregkh-2.6/drivers/usb/misc/sisusbvga/sisusb.c	2005-08-30 12:22:16.000000000 -0700
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ sisusb_bulkout_msg(struct sisusb_usb_dat
 	usb_fill_bulk_urb(urb, sisusb->sisusb_dev, pipe, data, len,
 		sisusb_bulk_completeout, &sisusb->urbout_context[index]);
 
-	urb->transfer_flags |= (tflags | URB_ASYNC_UNLINK);
+	urb->transfer_flags |= tflags;
 	urb->actual_length = 0;
 
 	if ((urb->transfer_dma = transfer_dma))
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ sisusb_bulkin_msg(struct sisusb_usb_data
 	usb_fill_bulk_urb(urb, sisusb->sisusb_dev, pipe, data, len,
 			sisusb_bulk_completein, sisusb);
 
-	urb->transfer_flags |= (tflags | URB_ASYNC_UNLINK);
+	urb->transfer_flags |= tflags;
 	urb->actual_length = 0;
 
 	if ((urb->transfer_dma = transfer_dma))
--- gregkh-2.6.orig/drivers/usb/misc/auerswald.c	2005-08-28 16:41:01.000000000 -0700
+++ gregkh-2.6/drivers/usb/misc/auerswald.c	2005-08-30 12:22:16.000000000 -0700
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ static int auerchain_submit_urb (pauerch
 
 /* cancel an urb which is submitted to the chain
    the result is 0 if the urb is cancelled, or -EINPROGRESS if
-   URB_ASYNC_UNLINK is set and the function is successfully started.
+   the function is successfully started.
 */
 static int auerchain_unlink_urb (pauerchain_t acp, struct urb * urb)
 {
@@ -515,7 +515,6 @@ static void auerchain_unlink_all (pauerc
         acep = acp->active;
         if (acep) {
                 urbp = acep->urbp;
-                urbp->transfer_flags &= ~URB_ASYNC_UNLINK;
                 dbg ("unlink active urb");
                 usb_kill_urb (urbp);
         }
--- gregkh-2.6.orig/drivers/usb/net/rtl8150.c	2005-08-28 16:41:01.000000000 -0700
+++ gregkh-2.6/drivers/usb/net/rtl8150.c	2005-08-30 12:22:16.000000000 -0700
@@ -653,7 +653,6 @@ static void rtl8150_tx_timeout(struct ne
 {
 	rtl8150_t *dev = netdev_priv(netdev);
 	warn("%s: Tx timeout.", netdev->name);
-	dev->tx_urb->transfer_flags |= URB_ASYNC_UNLINK;
 	usb_unlink_urb(dev->tx_urb);
 	dev->stats.tx_errors++;
 }
--- gregkh-2.6.orig/drivers/usb/core/message.c	2005-08-28 16:41:01.000000000 -0700
+++ gregkh-2.6/drivers/usb/core/message.c	2005-08-30 12:22:16.000000000 -0700
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ static int usb_start_wait_urb(struct urb
 
 	init_completion(&done); 	
 	urb->context = &done;
-	urb->transfer_flags |= URB_ASYNC_UNLINK;
 	urb->actual_length = 0;
 	status = usb_submit_urb(urb, GFP_NOIO);
 
@@ -357,8 +356,7 @@ int usb_sg_init (
 	if (!io->urbs)
 		goto nomem;
 
-	urb_flags = URB_ASYNC_UNLINK | URB_NO_TRANSFER_DMA_MAP
-			| URB_NO_INTERRUPT;
+	urb_flags = URB_NO_TRANSFER_DMA_MAP | URB_NO_INTERRUPT;
 	if (usb_pipein (pipe))
 		urb_flags |= URB_SHORT_NOT_OK;
 
--- gregkh-2.6.orig/drivers/usb/storage/transport.c	2005-08-30 12:22:13.000000000 -0700
+++ gregkh-2.6/drivers/usb/storage/transport.c	2005-08-30 12:22:16.000000000 -0700
@@ -96,8 +96,8 @@
  * or before the URB_ACTIVE bit was set.  If so, it's essential to cancel
  * the URB if it hasn't been cancelled already (i.e., if the URB_ACTIVE bit
  * is still set).  Either way, the function must then wait for the URB to
- * finish.  Note that because the URB_ASYNC_UNLINK flag is set, the URB can
- * still be in progress even after a call to usb_unlink_urb() returns.
+ * finish.  Note that the URB can still be in progress even after a call to
+ * usb_unlink_urb() returns.
  *
  * The idea is that (1) once the ABORTING or DISCONNECTING bit is set,
  * either the stop_transport() function or the submitting function
@@ -158,8 +158,7 @@ static int usb_stor_msg_common(struct us
 	 * hasn't been mapped for DMA.  Yes, this is clunky, but it's
 	 * easier than always having the caller tell us whether the
 	 * transfer buffer has already been mapped. */
-	us->current_urb->transfer_flags =
-			URB_ASYNC_UNLINK | URB_NO_SETUP_DMA_MAP;
+	us->current_urb->transfer_flags = URB_NO_SETUP_DMA_MAP;
 	if (us->current_urb->transfer_buffer == us->iobuf)
 		us->current_urb->transfer_flags |= URB_NO_TRANSFER_DMA_MAP;
 	us->current_urb->transfer_dma = us->iobuf_dma;
--- gregkh-2.6.orig/drivers/usb/input/hid-core.c	2005-08-30 12:22:03.000000000 -0700
+++ gregkh-2.6/drivers/usb/input/hid-core.c	2005-08-30 12:22:16.000000000 -0700
@@ -1688,7 +1688,7 @@ static struct hid_device *usb_hid_config
 			usb_fill_int_urb(hid->urbin, dev, pipe, hid->inbuf, 0,
 					 hid_irq_in, hid, interval);
 			hid->urbin->transfer_dma = hid->inbuf_dma;
-			hid->urbin->transfer_flags |=(URB_NO_TRANSFER_DMA_MAP | URB_ASYNC_UNLINK);
+			hid->urbin->transfer_flags |= URB_NO_TRANSFER_DMA_MAP;
 		} else {
 			if (hid->urbout)
 				continue;
@@ -1698,7 +1698,7 @@ static struct hid_device *usb_hid_config
 			usb_fill_int_urb(hid->urbout, dev, pipe, hid->outbuf, 0,
 					 hid_irq_out, hid, interval);
 			hid->urbout->transfer_dma = hid->outbuf_dma;
-			hid->urbout->transfer_flags |= (URB_NO_TRANSFER_DMA_MAP | URB_ASYNC_UNLINK);
+			hid->urbout->transfer_flags |= URB_NO_TRANSFER_DMA_MAP;
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -1750,7 +1750,7 @@ static struct hid_device *usb_hid_config
 			     hid->ctrlbuf, 1, hid_ctrl, hid);
 	hid->urbctrl->setup_dma = hid->cr_dma;
 	hid->urbctrl->transfer_dma = hid->ctrlbuf_dma;
-	hid->urbctrl->transfer_flags |= (URB_NO_TRANSFER_DMA_MAP | URB_NO_SETUP_DMA_MAP | URB_ASYNC_UNLINK);
+	hid->urbctrl->transfer_flags |= (URB_NO_TRANSFER_DMA_MAP | URB_NO_SETUP_DMA_MAP);
 
 	return hid;