Re: [PATCH 1/1] usb: gadget: core: wait gadget device .release finishing at usb_del_gadget_udc

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On Fri, Jul 31, 2020 at 05:59:35PM +0800, Peter Chen wrote:
> Per discussion[1], to avoid UDC driver possible freeing gadget device
> memory before device core finishes using it, we add wait-complete
> mechanism at usb_del_gadget_udc and gadget device .release callback.
> After that, usb_del_gadget_udc will not return back until device
> core finishes using gadget device.

Ick, no, that's a sure way for a deadlock to happen.

Why does the gadget core care about this at all?  It shouldn't.



> 
> For UDC drivers who have own .release callback, it needs to call
> complete(&gadget->done) by themselves, if not, the UDC core will
> handle it by default .release callback usb_gadget_release.
> 
> [1] https://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-usb/msg198790.html
> 
> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Alan Stern <stern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Suggested-by: Alan Stern <stern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Peter Chen <peter.chen@xxxxxxx>
> ---
> If this RFC patch is ok, I will create the formal patches which will change
> UDC drivers who have their own .release function.
> 
>  drivers/usb/gadget/udc/core.c | 14 +++++++++++---
>  include/linux/usb/gadget.h    |  2 ++
>  2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/udc/core.c b/drivers/usb/gadget/udc/core.c
> index ee226ad802a4..ed141e1a0dcf 100644
> --- a/drivers/usb/gadget/udc/core.c
> +++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/udc/core.c
> @@ -1138,9 +1138,15 @@ static void usb_udc_release(struct device *dev)
>  
>  static const struct attribute_group *usb_udc_attr_groups[];
>  
> -static void usb_udc_nop_release(struct device *dev)
> +static void usb_gadget_release(struct device *dev)
>  {
> +	struct usb_gadget *gadget;
> +
>  	dev_vdbg(dev, "%s\n", __func__);
> +
> +	gadget = container_of(dev, struct usb_gadget, dev);
> +	complete(&gadget->done);
> +	memset(dev, 0x0, sizeof(*dev));

No, the memory should be freed here, not memset.

thanks,

greg k-h



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