Corrected the UHD behavior in the event of a USB disconnect

2 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/host/lib/transport/libusb1_zero_copy.cpp b/host/lib/transport/libusb1_zero_copy.cpp
index b67b36d0a..53e345009 100644
--- a/host/lib/transport/libusb1_zero_copy.cpp
+++ b/host/lib/transport/libusb1_zero_copy.cpp
@@ -149,8 +149,8 @@ public:
         if (wait_for_completion(timeout))
         {
             if (result.status != LIBUSB_TRANSFER_COMPLETED)
-                throw uhd::runtime_error(str(boost::format("usb %s transfer status: %d")
-                                             % _name % libusb_error_name(result.status)));
+                throw uhd::io_error(str(boost::format("usb %s transfer status: %d")
+                                        % _name % libusb_error_name(result.status)));
             result.completed = 0;
             return make(reinterpret_cast<buffer_type *>(this), _lut->buffer, (_is_recv)? result.actual_length : _frame_size);
         }
diff --git a/host/lib/transport/super_recv_packet_handler.hpp b/host/lib/transport/super_recv_packet_handler.hpp
index 0f1f7ff3a..8742d1d16 100644
--- a/host/lib/transport/super_recv_packet_handler.hpp
+++ b/host/lib/transport/super_recv_packet_handler.hpp
@@ -524,10 +524,10 @@ private:
                 );
             }
 
-            //handle the case when the get packet throws
-            catch(const std::exception &e){
+            //handle the case where a bad header exists
+            catch(const uhd::value_error &e){
                 UHD_MSG(error) << boost::format(
-                    "The receive packet handler caught an exception.\n%s"
+                    "The receive packet handler caught a value exception.\n%s"
                 ) % e.what() << std::endl;
                 std::swap(curr_info, next_info); //save progress from curr -> next
                 curr_info.metadata.error_code = rx_metadata_t::ERROR_CODE_BAD_PACKET;