1 files changed, 20 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/message.c b/drivers/usb/core/message.c
index ebf59ea99263..574d0d4b3401 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/core/message.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/core/message.c
@@ -187,21 +187,37 @@ int usb_control_msg(struct usb_device *dev, unsigned int pipe, __u8 request, __u
  *      If a thread in your driver uses this call, make sure your disconnect()
  *      method can wait for it to complete.  Since you don't have a handle on
  *      the URB used, you can't cancel the request.
+ *
+ *      Because there is no usb_interrupt_msg() and no USBDEVFS_INTERRUPT
+ *      ioctl, users are forced to abuse this routine by using it to submit
+ *      URBs for interrupt endpoints.  We will take the liberty of creating
+ *      an interrupt URB (with the default interval) if the target is an
+ *      interrupt endpoint.
  */
 int usb_bulk_msg(struct usb_device *usb_dev, unsigned int pipe, 
                         void *data, int len, int *actual_length, int timeout)
 {
         struct urb *urb;
+        struct usb_host_endpoint *ep;
 
-        if (len < 0)
+        ep = (usb_pipein(pipe) ? usb_dev->ep_in : usb_dev->ep_out)
+                        [usb_pipeendpoint(pipe)];
+        if (!ep || len < 0)
                 return -EINVAL;
 
-        urb=usb_alloc_urb(0, GFP_KERNEL);
+        urb = usb_alloc_urb(0, GFP_KERNEL);
         if (!urb)
                 return -ENOMEM;
 
-        usb_fill_bulk_urb(urb, usb_dev, pipe, data, len,
-                          usb_api_blocking_completion, NULL);
+        if ((ep->desc.bmAttributes & USB_ENDPOINT_XFERTYPE_MASK) ==
+                        USB_ENDPOINT_XFER_INT) {
+                pipe = (pipe & ~(3 << 30)) | (PIPE_INTERRUPT << 30);
+                usb_fill_int_urb(urb, usb_dev, pipe, data, len,
+                                usb_api_blocking_completion, NULL,
+                                ep->desc.bInterval);
+        } else
+                usb_fill_bulk_urb(urb, usb_dev, pipe, data, len,
+                                usb_api_blocking_completion, NULL);
 
         return usb_start_wait_urb(urb, timeout, actual_length);
 }