Malicious or defective hardware may cease communication while flush() is running. In last consequence we need a timeout, as hardware that remains silent must be ignored. Making the wait for IO interruptible would not solve the issue. While it would avoid a hang, it would not allow any progress and we would end up with an unclosable fd. The 30 seconds are coming out of thin air. Reported-by: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Oliver Neukum <oneukum@xxxxxxxx> --- drivers/usb/class/cdc-wdm.c | 11 +++++++++-- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/usb/class/cdc-wdm.c b/drivers/usb/class/cdc-wdm.c index adb3fc307083..b3a3f249a915 100644 --- a/drivers/usb/class/cdc-wdm.c +++ b/drivers/usb/class/cdc-wdm.c @@ -58,6 +58,9 @@ MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE (usb, wdm_ids); #define WDM_MAX 16 +/* flush() is uninterruptible, but we cannot wait forever */ +#define WDM_FLUSH_TIMEOUT (30 * HZ) + /* CDC-WMC r1.1 requires wMaxCommand to be "at least 256 decimal (0x100)" */ #define WDM_DEFAULT_BUFSIZE 256 @@ -589,7 +592,7 @@ static int wdm_flush(struct file *file, fl_owner_t id) struct wdm_device *desc = file->private_data; int rv; - wait_event(desc->wait, + rv = wait_event_timeout(desc->wait, /* * needs both flags. We cannot do with one * because resetting it would cause a race @@ -597,11 +600,15 @@ static int wdm_flush(struct file *file, fl_owner_t id) * a disconnect */ !test_bit(WDM_IN_USE, &desc->flags) || - test_bit(WDM_DISCONNECTING, &desc->flags)); + test_bit(WDM_DISCONNECTING, &desc->flags), + WDM_FLUSH_TIMEOUT); /* cannot dereference desc->intf if WDM_DISCONNECTING */ if (test_bit(WDM_DISCONNECTING, &desc->flags)) return -ENODEV; + if (!rv) + return -EIO; + rv = desc->werr; if (rv < 0) dev_err(&desc->intf->dev, "Error in flush path: %d\n", -- 2.16.4
