1 files changed, 32 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-usb/anysee.c b/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-usb/anysee.c
index cf0c318d6989..03c28655af1b 100644
--- a/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-usb/anysee.c
+++ b/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-usb/anysee.c
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ static int anysee_ctrl_msg(struct dvb_usb_device *d, u8 *sbuf, u8 slen,
         u8 *rbuf, u8 rlen)
 {
         struct anysee_state *state = d->priv;
-        int act_len, ret;
+        int act_len, ret, i;
         u8 buf[64];
 
         memcpy(&buf[0], sbuf, slen);
@@ -73,26 +73,52 @@ static int anysee_ctrl_msg(struct dvb_usb_device *d, u8 *sbuf, u8 slen,
         /* We need receive one message more after dvb_usb_generic_rw due
            to weird transaction flow, which is 1 x send + 2 x receive. */
         ret = dvb_usb_generic_rw(d, buf, sizeof(buf), buf, sizeof(buf), 0);
-        if (!ret) {
+        if (ret)
+                goto error_unlock;
+
+        /* TODO FIXME: dvb_usb_generic_rw() fails rarely with error code -32
+         * (EPIPE, Broken pipe). Function supports currently msleep() as a
+         * parameter but I would not like to use it, since according to
+         * Documentation/timers/timers-howto.txt it should not be used such
+         * short, under < 20ms, sleeps. Repeating failed message would be
+         * better choice as not to add unwanted delays...
+         * Fixing that correctly is one of those or both;
+         * 1) use repeat if possible
+         * 2) add suitable delay
+         */
+
+        /* get answer, retry few times if error returned */
+        for (i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
                 /* receive 2nd answer */
                 ret = usb_bulk_msg(d->udev, usb_rcvbulkpipe(d->udev,
                         d->props.generic_bulk_ctrl_endpoint), buf, sizeof(buf),
                         &act_len, 2000);
-                if (ret)
-                        err("%s: recv bulk message failed: %d", __func__, ret);
-                else {
+
+                if (ret) {
+                        deb_info("%s: recv bulk message failed: %d",
+                                        __func__, ret);
+                } else {
                         deb_xfer("<<< ");
                         debug_dump(buf, rlen, deb_xfer);
 
                         if (buf[63] != 0x4f)
                                 deb_info("%s: cmd failed\n", __func__);
+
+                        break;
                 }
         }
 
+        if (ret) {
+                /* all retries failed, it is fatal */
+                err("%s: recv bulk message failed: %d", __func__, ret);
+                goto error_unlock;
+        }
+
         /* read request, copy returned data to return buf */
-        if (!ret && rbuf && rlen)
+        if (rbuf && rlen)
                 memcpy(rbuf, buf, rlen);
 
+error_unlock:
         mutex_unlock(&anysee_usb_mutex);
 
         return ret;