Re: [PATCH] devio: fix issue with log flooding

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On Fri, 1 Aug 2014, Oliver Neukum wrote:

> usbfs allows user space to pass down an URB which sets URB_SHORT_NOT_OK
> for output URBs. That causes usbcore to log messages without limit
> for a nonsensical disallowed combination. The fix is to silently drop
> the attribute in usbfs.
> The problem is reported to exist since 3.14
> https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/13085
> 
> Signed-off-by: Oliver Neukum <oneukum@xxxxxxx>
> CC: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> ---
>  drivers/usb/core/devio.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/devio.c b/drivers/usb/core/devio.c
> index 257876e..0b59731 100644
> --- a/drivers/usb/core/devio.c
> +++ b/drivers/usb/core/devio.c
> @@ -1509,7 +1509,7 @@ static int proc_do_submiturb(struct usb_dev_state *ps, struct usbdevfs_urb *uurb
>  	u = (is_in ? URB_DIR_IN : URB_DIR_OUT);
>  	if (uurb->flags & USBDEVFS_URB_ISO_ASAP)
>  		u |= URB_ISO_ASAP;
> -	if (uurb->flags & USBDEVFS_URB_SHORT_NOT_OK)
> +	if (uurb->flags & USBDEVFS_URB_SHORT_NOT_OK && is_in)
>  		u |= URB_SHORT_NOT_OK;
>  	if (uurb->flags & USBDEVFS_URB_NO_FSBR)
>  		u |= URB_NO_FSBR;

Acked-by: Alan Stern <stern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Do you want to put in a one-time warning, so that people will be aware 
of these mistakes and are motivated to fix them?

Alan Stern

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