Re: [PATCH 2/2] usb: host: xhci: Handle the right timeout command

From: Lu Baolu
Date: Wed Dec 21 2016 - 20:46:13 EST


Hi,

On 12/21/2016 11:18 PM, OGAWA Hirofumi wrote:
> Mathias Nyman <mathias.nyman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
>>> We set CMD_RING_STATE_ABORTED state under locking. I'm not checking what
>>> is for taking lock for register though, I guess it should be enough just
>>> lock around of read=>write of ->cmd_ring if need lock.
>> After your patch it should be enough to have the lock only while
>> reading and writing the cmd_ring register.
>>
>> If we want a locking fix that applies more easily to older stable
>> releases before your change then the lock needs to cover set
>> CMD_RING_STATE_ABORT, read cmd_reg, write cmd_reg and busiloop
>> checking CRR bit. Otherwise the stop cmd ring interrupt handler may
>> restart the ring just before we start checing CRR. The stop cmd ring
>> interrupt will set the CMD_RING_STATE_ABORTED to
>> CMD_RING_STATE_RUNNING so ring will really restart in the interrupt
>> handler.
> Just for record (no chance to make patch I myself for now, sorry), while
> checking locking slightly, I noticed unrelated missing locking.
>
> xhci_cleanup_command_queue()
>
> We are calling it without locking, but we need to lock for accessing list.

Yeah. I can make the patch.

Best regards,
Lu Baolu