Re: [RFC][PATCH] dwc3: gadget: Fix losing list items in dwc3_gadget_ep_cleanup_completed_requests()

[Greg Kroah-Hartman]

On Mon, Aug 09, 2021 at 10:57:27PM +0000, Thinh Nguyen wrote:
> John Stultz wrote:
> > On Mon, Aug 9, 2021 at 3:44 PM Thinh Nguyen <Thinh.Nguyen@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>
> >> John Stultz wrote:
> >>> In commit d25d85061bd8 ("usb: dwc3: gadget: Use
> >>> list_replace_init() before traversing lists"), a local list_head
> >>> was introduced to process the started_list items to avoid races.
> >>>
> >>> However, in dwc3_gadget_ep_cleanup_completed_requests() if
> >>> dwc3_gadget_ep_cleanup_completed_request() fails, we break early,
> >>> causing the items on the local list_head to be lost.
> >>>
> >>> This issue showed up as problems on the db845c/RB3 board, where
> >>> adb connetions would fail, showing the device as "offline".
> >>>
> >>> This patch tries to fix the issue by if we are returning early
> >>> we splice in the local list head back into the started_list
> >>> and return (avoiding an infinite loop, as the started_list is
> >>> now non-null).
> >>>
> >>> Not sure if this is fully correct, but seems to work for me so I
> >>> wanted to share for feedback.
> >>>
> >>> Cc: Wesley Cheng <wcheng@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>> Cc: Felipe Balbi <balbi@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >>> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>> Cc: Alan Stern <stern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>> Cc: Jack Pham <jackp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>> Cc: Thinh Nguyen <thinh.nguyen@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>> Cc: Todd Kjos <tkjos@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >>> Cc: Amit Pundir <amit.pundir@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >>> Cc: YongQin Liu <yongqin.liu@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >>> Cc: Sumit Semwal <sumit.semwal@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >>> Cc: Petri Gynther <pgynther@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >>> Cc: linux-usb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>> Fixes: d25d85061bd8 ("usb: dwc3: gadget: Use list_replace_init() before traversing lists")
> >>> Signed-off-by: John Stultz <john.stultz@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >>> ---
> >>>  drivers/usb/dwc3/gadget.c | 6 ++++++
> >>>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
> >>>
> >>> diff --git a/drivers/usb/dwc3/gadget.c b/drivers/usb/dwc3/gadget.c
> >>> index b8d4b2d327b23..a73ebe8e75024 100644
> >>> --- a/drivers/usb/dwc3/gadget.c
> >>> +++ b/drivers/usb/dwc3/gadget.c
> >>> @@ -2990,6 +2990,12 @@ static void dwc3_gadget_ep_cleanup_completed_requests(struct dwc3_ep *dep,
> >>>                       break;
> >>>       }
> >>>
> >>> +     if (!list_empty(&local)) {
> >>> +             list_splice_tail(&local, &dep->started_list);
> >>> +             /* Return so we don't hit the restart case and loop forever */
> >>> +             return;
> >>> +     }
> >>> +
> >>>       if (!list_empty(&dep->started_list))
> >>>               goto restart;
> >>>  }
> >>>
> >>
> >> No, we should revert the change for
> >> dwc3_gadget_ep_cleaup_completed_requests(). As I mentioned previously,
> >> we don't cleanup the entire started_list. If the original problem is due
> >> to disconnection in the middle of request completion, then we can just
> >> check for pullup_connected and exit the loop and let the
> >> dwc3_remove_requests() do the cleanup.
> > 
> > Ok, sorry, I didn't read your mail in depth until I had this patch
> > sent out. If a revert of d25d85061bd8 is the better fix, I'm fine with
> > that too.
> > 
> > thanks
> > -john
> > 
> 
> IMO, we should revert this patch for now since it will cause regression.
> We can review and test a proper fix at a later time.

Ok, can someone send me a revert please?  That will go faster than me
having to create it myself...

thanks,

greg k-h