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-rw-r--r--drivers/usb/host/ehci.h9
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/usb/host/ehci.h b/drivers/usb/host/ehci.h
index 79ad2af5ef6a..6ef9d775775b 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/host/ehci.h
+++ b/drivers/usb/host/ehci.h
@@ -457,7 +457,14 @@ struct ehci_qh {
struct ehci_qh *reclaim; /* next to reclaim */
struct ehci_hcd *ehci;
- struct kref kref;
+
+ /*
+ * Do NOT use atomic operations for QH refcounting. On some CPUs
+ * (PPC7448 for example), atomic operations cannot be performed on
+ * memory that is cache-inhibited (i.e. being used for DMA).
+ * Spinlocks are used to protect all QH fields.
+ */
+ u32 refcount;
unsigned stamp;
u8 qh_state;