On Wed, Jan 27, 2021 at 12:03:52AM +0530, Anant Thazhemadam wrote: > The newer usb_control_msg_{send|recv}() API are an improvement on the > existing usb_control_msg() as it ensures that a short read/write is treated As I mentioned in my comments on v2, a short write has always been treated as an error so you shouldn't imply that it wasn't here (and in the other commit messages). > as an error, data can be used off the stack, and raw usb pipes need not be > created in the calling functions. > For this reason, instances of usb_control_msg() have been replaced with > usb_control_msg_{recv|send}(), and all return value checking > conditions have also been modified appropriately. > > Signed-off-by: Anant Thazhemadam <anant.thazhemadam@xxxxxxxxx> > --- > drivers/usb/misc/appledisplay.c | 46 ++++++++++++++------------------- > 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/usb/misc/appledisplay.c b/drivers/usb/misc/appledisplay.c > index c8098e9b432e..117deb2fdc29 100644 > --- a/drivers/usb/misc/appledisplay.c > +++ b/drivers/usb/misc/appledisplay.c > @@ -132,21 +132,17 @@ static int appledisplay_bl_update_status(struct backlight_device *bd) > pdata->msgdata[0] = 0x10; > pdata->msgdata[1] = bd->props.brightness; > > - retval = usb_control_msg( > - pdata->udev, > - usb_sndctrlpipe(pdata->udev, 0), > - USB_REQ_SET_REPORT, > - USB_DIR_OUT | USB_TYPE_CLASS | USB_RECIP_INTERFACE, > - ACD_USB_BRIGHTNESS, > - 0, > - pdata->msgdata, 2, In this case, the buffer is already DMA-able (and is in fact only used for this purpose) so this patch introduces an extra allocation and memcpy for no really good reason. > - ACD_USB_TIMEOUT); > + retval = usb_control_msg_send(pdata->udev, > + 0, > + USB_REQ_SET_REPORT, > + USB_DIR_OUT | USB_TYPE_CLASS | USB_RECIP_INTERFACE, > + ACD_USB_BRIGHTNESS, > + 0, > + pdata->msgdata, 2, > + ACD_USB_TIMEOUT, GFP_KERNEL); > mutex_unlock(&pdata->sysfslock); > > - if (retval < 0) > - return retval; > - else > - return 0; > + return retval; > } > > static int appledisplay_bl_get_brightness(struct backlight_device *bd) > @@ -155,21 +151,17 @@ static int appledisplay_bl_get_brightness(struct backlight_device *bd) > int retval, brightness; > > mutex_lock(&pdata->sysfslock); > - retval = usb_control_msg( > - pdata->udev, > - usb_rcvctrlpipe(pdata->udev, 0), > - USB_REQ_GET_REPORT, > - USB_DIR_IN | USB_TYPE_CLASS | USB_RECIP_INTERFACE, > - ACD_USB_BRIGHTNESS, > - 0, > - pdata->msgdata, 2, > - ACD_USB_TIMEOUT); > - if (retval < 2) { > - if (retval >= 0) > - retval = -EMSGSIZE; > - } else { > + retval = usb_control_msg_recv(pdata->udev, > + 0, > + USB_REQ_GET_REPORT, > + USB_DIR_IN | USB_TYPE_CLASS | USB_RECIP_INTERFACE, > + ACD_USB_BRIGHTNESS, > + 0, > + pdata->msgdata, 2, > + ACD_USB_TIMEOUT, GFP_KERNEL); > + if (retval == 0) > brightness = pdata->msgdata[1]; > - } > + Same here, this introduces an extra allocation and memcpy and the only thing you gain is essentially the removal of the two lines for handling a short read. > mutex_unlock(&pdata->sysfslock); > > if (retval < 0) I'd consider dropping this one as well. Johan