Re: [syzbot] [usb?] INFO: task hung in usb_bulk_msg (2)

From: Alan Stern

Date: Fri Feb 13 2026 - 16:30:27 EST


Let's try the approach that Oliver suggested.

Alan Stern

#syz test: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/usb.git da87d45b

Index: usb-devel/drivers/usb/core/message.c
===================================================================
--- usb-devel.orig/drivers/usb/core/message.c
+++ usb-devel/drivers/usb/core/message.c
@@ -42,16 +42,17 @@ static void usb_api_blocking_completion(


/*
- * Starts urb and waits for completion or timeout. Note that this call
- * is NOT interruptible. Many device driver i/o requests should be
- * interruptible and therefore these drivers should implement their
- * own interruptible routines.
+ * Starts urb and waits for completion or timeout.
+ * Whether or not the wait is killable depends on the flag passed in.
+ * For example, compare usb_bulk_msg() and usb_bulk_msg_killable().
*/
-static int usb_start_wait_urb(struct urb *urb, int timeout, int *actual_length)
+static int usb_start_wait_urb(struct urb *urb, int timeout, int *actual_length,
+ bool killable)
{
struct api_context ctx;
unsigned long expire;
int retval;
+ long rc;

init_completion(&ctx.done);
urb->context = &ctx;
@@ -61,12 +62,21 @@ static int usb_start_wait_urb(struct urb
goto out;

expire = timeout ? msecs_to_jiffies(timeout) : MAX_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT;
- if (!wait_for_completion_timeout(&ctx.done, expire)) {
+ if (killable)
+ rc = wait_for_completion_killable_timeout(&ctx.done, expire);
+ else
+ rc = wait_for_completion_timeout(&ctx.done, expire);
+ if (rc <= 0) {
usb_kill_urb(urb);
- retval = (ctx.status == -ENOENT ? -ETIMEDOUT : ctx.status);
+ if (ctx.status != -ENOENT)
+ retval = ctx.status;
+ else if (rc == 0)
+ retval = -ETIMEDOUT;
+ else
+ retval = rc;

dev_dbg(&urb->dev->dev,
- "%s timed out on ep%d%s len=%u/%u\n",
+ "%s timed out or killed on ep%d%s len=%u/%u\n",
current->comm,
usb_endpoint_num(&urb->ep->desc),
usb_urb_dir_in(urb) ? "in" : "out",
@@ -100,7 +110,7 @@ static int usb_internal_control_msg(stru
usb_fill_control_urb(urb, usb_dev, pipe, (unsigned char *)cmd, data,
len, usb_api_blocking_completion, NULL);

- retv = usb_start_wait_urb(urb, timeout, &length);
+ retv = usb_start_wait_urb(urb, timeout, &length, false);
if (retv < 0)
return retv;
else
@@ -385,10 +395,59 @@ int usb_bulk_msg(struct usb_device *usb_
usb_fill_bulk_urb(urb, usb_dev, pipe, data, len,
usb_api_blocking_completion, NULL);

- return usb_start_wait_urb(urb, timeout, actual_length);
+ return usb_start_wait_urb(urb, timeout, actual_length, false);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(usb_bulk_msg);

+/**
+ * usb_bulk_msg_killable - Builds a bulk urb, sends it off and waits for completion in a killable state
+ * @usb_dev: pointer to the usb device to send the message to
+ * @pipe: endpoint "pipe" to send the message to
+ * @data: pointer to the data to send
+ * @len: length in bytes of the data to send
+ * @actual_length: pointer to a location to put the actual length transferred
+ * in bytes
+ * @timeout: time in msecs to wait for the message to complete before
+ * timing out (if 0 the wait is forever)
+ *
+ * Context: task context, might sleep.
+ *
+ * This function is just like usb_blk_msg() except that it waits in a
+ * killable state.
+ *
+ * Return:
+ * If successful, 0. Otherwise a negative error number. The number of actual
+ * bytes transferred will be stored in the @actual_length parameter.
+ *
+ */
+int usb_bulk_msg_killable(struct usb_device *usb_dev, unsigned int pipe,
+ void *data, int len, int *actual_length, int timeout)
+{
+ struct urb *urb;
+ struct usb_host_endpoint *ep;
+
+ ep = usb_pipe_endpoint(usb_dev, pipe);
+ if (!ep || len < 0)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ urb = usb_alloc_urb(0, GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!urb)
+ return -ENOMEM;
+
+ if ((ep->desc.bmAttributes & USB_ENDPOINT_XFERTYPE_MASK) ==
+ USB_ENDPOINT_XFER_INT) {
+ pipe = (pipe & ~(3 << 30)) | (PIPE_INTERRUPT << 30);
+ usb_fill_int_urb(urb, usb_dev, pipe, data, len,
+ usb_api_blocking_completion, NULL,
+ ep->desc.bInterval);
+ } else
+ usb_fill_bulk_urb(urb, usb_dev, pipe, data, len,
+ usb_api_blocking_completion, NULL);
+
+ return usb_start_wait_urb(urb, timeout, actual_length, true);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(usb_bulk_msg_killable);
+
/*-------------------------------------------------------------------*/

static void sg_clean(struct usb_sg_request *io)
Index: usb-devel/include/linux/usb.h
===================================================================
--- usb-devel.orig/include/linux/usb.h
+++ usb-devel/include/linux/usb.h
@@ -1869,8 +1869,9 @@ extern int usb_control_msg(struct usb_de
extern int usb_interrupt_msg(struct usb_device *usb_dev, unsigned int pipe,
void *data, int len, int *actual_length, int timeout);
extern int usb_bulk_msg(struct usb_device *usb_dev, unsigned int pipe,
- void *data, int len, int *actual_length,
- int timeout);
+ void *data, int len, int *actual_length, int timeout);
+extern int usb_bulk_msg_killable(struct usb_device *usb_dev, unsigned int pipe,
+ void *data, int len, int *actual_length, int timeout);

/* wrappers around usb_control_msg() for the most common standard requests */
int usb_control_msg_send(struct usb_device *dev, __u8 endpoint, __u8 request,
Index: usb-devel/drivers/usb/class/usbtmc.c
===================================================================
--- usb-devel.orig/drivers/usb/class/usbtmc.c
+++ usb-devel/drivers/usb/class/usbtmc.c
@@ -727,7 +727,7 @@ static int usbtmc488_ioctl_trigger(struc
buffer[1] = data->bTag;
buffer[2] = ~data->bTag;

- retval = usb_bulk_msg(data->usb_dev,
+ retval = usb_bulk_msg_killable(data->usb_dev,
usb_sndbulkpipe(data->usb_dev,
data->bulk_out),
buffer, USBTMC_HEADER_SIZE,
@@ -1347,7 +1347,7 @@ static int send_request_dev_dep_msg_in(s
buffer[11] = 0; /* Reserved */

/* Send bulk URB */
- retval = usb_bulk_msg(data->usb_dev,
+ retval = usb_bulk_msg_killable(data->usb_dev,
usb_sndbulkpipe(data->usb_dev,
data->bulk_out),
buffer, USBTMC_HEADER_SIZE,
@@ -1419,7 +1419,7 @@ static ssize_t usbtmc_read(struct file *
actual = 0;

/* Send bulk URB */
- retval = usb_bulk_msg(data->usb_dev,
+ retval = usb_bulk_msg_killable(data->usb_dev,
usb_rcvbulkpipe(data->usb_dev,
data->bulk_in),
buffer, bufsize, &actual,