Re: Subject: [PATCH v1] USB:Core: BugFix: Proper handling of Race Condition when two USB class drivers try to call init_usb_class simultaneously

[gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

On Mon, Jan 30, 2017 at 08:25:25AM +0000, Ajay Kaher wrote:
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First off, you are sending html email, which the mailing list keeps
rejecting, why are you ignoring that?



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> There is race condition when two USB class drivers try to call
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> init_usb_class at the same time and leads to crash.
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> The main reason for this is one of the Class drivers allocates memory
> for usb_class structure and initializes its member. In the meantime NULL
> check for usb_class structure fails and assumes that usb_class structure
> is properly initialized and crashed while trying to access its members.
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> To avoid this race condition locking required before calling
> init_usb_class from function usb_register_dev.
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> Signed-off-by: Ajay Kaher

Does this look correct?  Please work with some of the samsung kernel
developers for how to properly submit a patch.

And finally, how are two drivers calling init_usb_class() at the same
time?  What code path causes that?  Have you seen this happen, and if
so, what drivers caused it?

thanks,

greg k-h