On Fri, Jan 31, 2025 at 11:44:17PM +0000, Thinh Nguyen wrote: > Cc Alan > > On Fri, Jan 31, 2025, Roy Luo wrote: > > On Mon, Jan 27, 2025 at 5:44 PM Thinh Nguyen <Thinh.Nguyen@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > On Wed, Jan 22, 2025, Roy Luo wrote: > > > > `dwc3_gadget_soft_disconnect` function, called as part of > > > > > > The dwc3_gadget_soft_disconnect() isn't directly part of > > > device_del(&gadget->dev). It should be part of disconnect. > > > > > > Can you provide the full sequence of events so I can have more context? > > > The handling of the flushing of gadget->work should not be part of the > > > dwc3. > > > > > > Yes, it's a part of disconnect, and disconnect is a part of gadget unbind. > > Let me try my best to explain. Here's the call stack for usb_del_gadget: > > -> usb_del_gadget > > -> flush_work(&gadget->work) > > -> device_del > > -> bus_remove_device > > -> device_release_driver > > -> gadget_unbind_driver > > -> usb_gadget_disconnect_locked > > -> dwc3_gadget_pullup > > -> dwc3_gadget_soft_disconnect > > -> usb_gadget_set_state > > -> schedule_work(&gadget->work) > > > > Then when usb_put_gadget is called, gadget could be freed before > > gadget->work is executed. > > -> usb_put_gadget > > -> put_device > > -> kobject_put > > -> device_release > > -> dwc_gadget_release > > -> kfree(gadget) > > > > Thanks for the details! > > The UDC core is initiating and handling the gadget->work, so the > flushing of the gadget->work should also be handled there. > > Since the usb_gadget_disconnect_locked() may trigger a state change work > on unbind, the flushing of the gadget->work should to be moved to > gadget_unbind_driver() instead: > > diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/udc/core.c b/drivers/usb/gadget/udc/core.c > index f8c1ef465e45..9e4abd6e40f8 100644 > --- a/drivers/usb/gadget/udc/core.c > +++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/udc/core.c > @@ -1568,7 +1568,6 @@ void usb_del_gadget(struct usb_gadget *gadget) > > kobject_uevent(&udc->dev.kobj, KOBJ_REMOVE); > sysfs_remove_link(&udc->dev.kobj, "gadget"); > - flush_work(&gadget->work); > device_del(&gadget->dev); > ida_free(&gadget_id_numbers, gadget->id_number); > cancel_work_sync(&udc->vbus_work); > @@ -1694,6 +1693,8 @@ static void gadget_unbind_driver(struct device *dev) > synchronize_irq(gadget->irq); > mutex_unlock(&udc->connect_lock); > > + flush_work(&gadget->work); > + > udc->driver->unbind(gadget); > > mutex_lock(&udc->connect_lock); What about instead moving the flush_work() call down just one line, after the device_del(&gadget->dev) call rather than before it? The work queue doesn't need to be flushed every time a driver unbinds from the gadget, only when the gadget is about to be deallocated. Alan Stern