[PATCH]: Fix deadlock in USBIP driver (staging), linux-2.6.34-rc5

From: Eric Lescouet
Date: Fri Apr 23 2010 - 20:55:46 EST


Resent with hopefully everything ...

When detaching a port from the client side (usbip --detach 0),
the event thread, on the server side, is going to deadlock.
The "eh" server thread is getting USBIP_EH_RESET event and calls:
-> stub_device_reset() -> usb_reset_device()
the USB framework is then calling back _in the same "eh" thread_ :
-> stub_disconnect() -> usbip_stop_eh() -> wait_for_completion()
the "eh" thread is being asleep forever, waiting for its own completion.
This patch checks if "eh" is the current thread, in usbip_stop_eh().

Signed-off-by: Eric Lescouet <eric@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---

diff -Nur linux-2.6.34-rc5/drivers/staging/usbip/usbip_event.c linux-2.6.34-rc5.new/drivers/staging/usbip/usbip_event.c
--- linux-2.6.34-rc5/drivers/staging/usbip/usbip_event.c 2010-04-20 01:29:56.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.6.34-rc5.new/drivers/staging/usbip/usbip_event.c 2010-04-22 19:19:52.997889126 +0200
@@ -117,6 +117,9 @@
{
struct usbip_task *eh = &ud->eh;

+ if (eh->thread == current)
+ return; /* do not wait for myself */
+
wait_for_completion(&eh->thread_done);
usbip_dbg_eh("usbip_eh has finished\n");
}
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