usblp: continuously poll for status

The usblp in 2.6.18 polled for status regardless if we actually needed it.
At some point I dropped it, to save the batteries if nothing else.
As it turned out, printers exist (e.g. Canon BJC-3000) that need prodding
this way or else they stop. This patch restores the old behaviour.
If you want to save battery, don't leave jobs in the print queue.

I tested this on my printers by printing and examining usbmon traces
to make sure status is being requested and printers continue to print.
Tuomas Jäntti verified the fix on BJC-3000.

Signed-off-by: Pete Zaitcev <zaitcev@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/usb/class/usblp.c b/drivers/usb/class/usblp.c
index 3f3ee1351930..d2747a49b974 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/class/usblp.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/class/usblp.c
@@ -880,16 +880,19 @@ static int usblp_wwait(struct usblp *usblp, int nonblock)
                 if (rc <= 0)
                         break;
 
-                if (usblp->flags & LP_ABORT) {
-                        if (schedule_timeout(msecs_to_jiffies(5000)) == 0) {
+                if (schedule_timeout(msecs_to_jiffies(1500)) == 0) {
+                        if (usblp->flags & LP_ABORT) {
                                 err = usblp_check_status(usblp, err);
                                 if (err == 1) { /* Paper out */
                                         rc = -ENOSPC;
                                         break;
                                 }
+                        } else {
+                                /* Prod the printer, Gentoo#251237. */
+                                mutex_lock(&usblp->mut);
+                                usblp_read_status(usblp, usblp->statusbuf);
+                                mutex_unlock(&usblp->mut);
                         }
-                } else {
-                        schedule();
                 }
         }
         set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);