Re: [PATCH] USB: gadgetfs: fix copy_to_user while holding spinlock

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Hello!

On 09/21/2017 11:12 PM, Alan Stern wrote:

The gadgetfs driver as a long-outstanding FIXME, regarding a call of

   s/as/has/?

copy_to_user() made while holding a spinlock.  This patch fixes the
issue by dropping the spinlock and using the dev->udc_usage mechanism
introduced by another recent patch to guard against status changes
while the lock isn't held.

Signed-off-by: Alan Stern <stern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reported-by: Andrey Konovalov <andreyknvl@xxxxxxxxxx>
CC: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

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MBR, Sergei
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