can: kvaser_usb: Retry the first bulk transfer on -ETIMEDOUT

On some x86 laptops, plugging a Kvaser device again after an
unplug makes the firmware always ignore the very first command.
For such a case, provide some room for retries instead of
completely exiting the driver init code.

Signed-off-by: Ahmed S. Darwish <ahmed.darwish@valeo.com>
Cc: linux-stable <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl@pengutronix.de>

diff --git a/drivers/net/can/usb/kvaser_usb.c b/drivers/net/can/usb/kvaser_usb.c
index f0c6207..55407b9 100644 (file)
--- a/drivers/net/can/usb/kvaser_usb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/can/usb/kvaser_usb.c
@@ -1585,7 +1585,7 @@ static int kvaser_usb_probe(struct usb_interface *intf,
 {
        struct kvaser_usb *dev;
        int err = -ENOMEM;
-       int i;
+       int i, retry = 3;
 
        dev = devm_kzalloc(&intf->dev, sizeof(*dev), GFP_KERNEL);
        if (!dev)
@@ -1603,7 +1603,15 @@ static int kvaser_usb_probe(struct usb_interface *intf,
 
        usb_set_intfdata(intf, dev);
 
-       err = kvaser_usb_get_software_info(dev);
+       /* On some x86 laptops, plugging a Kvaser device again after
+        * an unplug makes the firmware always ignore the very first
+        * command. For such a case, provide some room for retries
+        * instead of completely exiting the driver.
+        */
+       do {
+               err = kvaser_usb_get_software_info(dev);
+       } while (--retry && err == -ETIMEDOUT);
+
        if (err) {
                dev_err(&intf->dev,
                        "Cannot get software infos, error %d\n", err);