Re: [PATCH] usb: gadget: u_audio: don't let userspace block driver unbind

[John Keeping]

On Thu, Mar 02, 2023 at 05:36:47PM +0100, Alvin Šipraga wrote:
> From: Alvin Šipraga <alsi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> In the unbind callback for f_uac1 and f_uac2, a call to snd_card_free()
> via g_audio_cleanup() will disconnect the card and then wait for all
> resources to be released, which happens when the refcount falls to zero.
> Since userspace can keep the refcount incremented by not closing the
> relevant file descriptor, the call to unbind may block indefinitely.
> This can cause a deadlock during reboot, as evidenced by the following
> blocked task observed on my machine:
> 
>   task:reboot  state:D stack:0   pid:2827  ppid:569    flags:0x0000000c
>   Call trace:
>    __switch_to+0xc8/0x140
>    __schedule+0x2f0/0x7c0
>    schedule+0x60/0xd0
>    schedule_timeout+0x180/0x1d4
>    wait_for_completion+0x78/0x180
>    snd_card_free+0x90/0xa0
>    g_audio_cleanup+0x2c/0x64
>    afunc_unbind+0x28/0x60
>    ...
>    kernel_restart+0x4c/0xac
>    __do_sys_reboot+0xcc/0x1ec
>    __arm64_sys_reboot+0x28/0x30
>    invoke_syscall+0x4c/0x110
>    ...
> 
> The issue can also be observed by opening the card with arecord and
> then stopping the process through the shell before unbinding:
> 
>   # arecord -D hw:UAC2Gadget -f S32_LE -c 2 -r 48000 /dev/null
>   Recording WAVE '/dev/null' : Signed 32 bit Little Endian, Rate 48000 Hz, Stereo
>   ^Z[1]+  Stopped                    arecord -D hw:UAC2Gadget -f S32_LE -c 2 -r 48000 /dev/null
>   # echo gadget.0 > /sys/bus/gadget/drivers/configfs-gadget/unbind
>   (observe that the unbind command never finishes)
> 
> Fix the problem by using snd_card_free_when_closed() instead, which will
> still disconnect the card as desired, but defer the task of freeing the
> resources to the core once userspace closes its file descriptor.
> 
> Fixes: 132fcb460839 ("usb: gadget: Add Audio Class 2.0 Driver")
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Alvin Šipraga <alsi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: John Keeping <john@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
>  drivers/usb/gadget/function/u_audio.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/function/u_audio.c b/drivers/usb/gadget/function/u_audio.c
> index c1f62e91b012..4a42574b4a7f 100644
> --- a/drivers/usb/gadget/function/u_audio.c
> +++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/function/u_audio.c
> @@ -1422,7 +1422,7 @@ void g_audio_cleanup(struct g_audio *g_audio)
>  	uac = g_audio->uac;
>  	card = uac->card;
>  	if (card)
> -		snd_card_free(card);
> +		snd_card_free_when_closed(card);
>  
>  	kfree(uac->p_prm.reqs);
>  	kfree(uac->c_prm.reqs);
> -- 
> 2.39.1
>