Re: [PATCHv2 2/2] check quirk to pad epout buf size when not alignedto maxpacketsize

From: David Cohen
Date: Tue Nov 12 2013 - 13:26:15 EST


>>>> IIUC, req->length should still be set to len, not to data_len.
>>
>> I misunderstood the first time I read it:
>> In order to avoid DWC3 to stall, we need to update req->length (this is
>> the most important fix). kmalloc() is updated too to prevent USB
>> controller to overflow buffer boundaries.
>
> Here I disagree.
>
> If the DWC3 hardware stalls, it is up to the DWC3 UDC driver to fix it.
> Gadget drivers should not have to worry. Most especially, gadget
> drivers should not lie about a request length.
>
> If the UDC driver decides to round up req->length before sending it to
> the hardware, that's okay. But req->length should be set to len, not
> data_len. And if the hardware receives more than len bytes of data,
> the UDC driver should set req->status to -EOVERFLOW.

Got your point. As long as buffer allocation has enough size, DWC3 is
able to fix itself. I'm fine with this approach too. But in this case I
will need to redo my DWC3 patch and my validation.

Br, David

>
> Alan Stern
>

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