Re: [PATCH] HID: hid-core: Don't fail to remove a device on a signal

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Hello,

On Wed, May 05, 2021 at 10:53:19PM +0200, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
> The driver core ignores the return code of a remove function and
> considers a device unbound unconditionally after .remove() returns. So
> don't sleep interruptible while waiting on the mutex, as there is no
> sane way to handle an interrupt. Just returning -EINTR as was done up to
> now results in leaking resources because the hid driver's remove
> callback (or hid_hw_stop()) isn't called.
> 
> Fixes: 4ea5454203d9 ("HID: Fix race condition between driver core and ll-driver")
> Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/hid/hid-core.c | 11 ++++-------
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-core.c b/drivers/hid/hid-core.c
> index 0ae9f6df59d1..4095a4db623d 100644
> --- a/drivers/hid/hid-core.c
> +++ b/drivers/hid/hid-core.c
> @@ -2303,12 +2303,9 @@ static int hid_device_remove(struct device *dev)
>  {
>  	struct hid_device *hdev = to_hid_device(dev);
>  	struct hid_driver *hdrv;
> -	int ret = 0;
>  
> -	if (down_interruptible(&hdev->driver_input_lock)) {
> -		ret = -EINTR;
> -		goto end;
> -	}
> +	down(&hdev->driver_input_lock);
> +
>  	hdev->io_started = false;
>  
>  	hdrv = hdev->driver;
> @@ -2323,8 +2320,8 @@ static int hid_device_remove(struct device *dev)
>  
>  	if (!hdev->io_started)
>  		up(&hdev->driver_input_lock);
> -end:
> -	return ret;
> +
> +	return 0;
>  }
>  
>  static ssize_t modalias_show(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *a,

apart from a whitespace difference and a different commti log this patch
is the same as Dmitry's patch that became commit f2145f8dc566 ("HID: do
not use down_interruptible() when unbinding devices").

So my patch can be disregarded.

Best regards
Uwe

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Pengutronix e.K.                           | Uwe Kleine-König            |
Industrial Linux Solutions                 | https://www.pengutronix.de/ |

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