Re: [PATCH 0/4] usb: typec: ucsi: revert broken buffer management

From: Katiyar, Pooja

Date: Tue Dec 23 2025 - 15:21:31 EST


Hello Johan and Greg,

On Tue, Dec 23, 2025 at 06:24:24AM -0800, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 23, 2025 at 03:04:49PM +0100, Johan Hovold wrote:
>> On Mon, Dec 22, 2025 at 02:15:10PM -0800, Katiyar, Pooja wrote:
>>> On Mon, Dec 22, 2025 at 07:22:00AM -0800, Johan Hovold wrote:
>>>> The new buffer management code has not been tested or reviewed properly
>>>> and breaks boot of machines like the Lenovo ThinkPad X13s.
>>>>
>>>> Fixing this will require designing a proper interface for managing these
>>>> transactions, something which most likely involves reverting most of the
>>>> offending commit anyway.
>>>>
>>>> Revert the broken code to fix the regression and let Intel come up with
>>>> a properly tested implementation for a later kernel.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks! A fix patch addressing the race condition has been identified and
>>> is being tested right now. It will be submitted for review shortly.
>>>
>>> Here’s the discussion on same -
>>> https://lore.kernel.org/all/349e1f70-7e40-4e3e-b078-6e001bbb5f1a@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
>>
>> Yes, I'm aware that discussion and I still think this needs to be
>> reverted. Then you can propose a redesigned and tested implementation
>> that we can help you review as that kind of work is not something that
>> should be done as part of rc stabilisation.
>
> I agree, I don't see a submitted patch yet so I'll go take your reverts
> at this point in time. That way people have more time to get this
> correct instead of being rushed this time of the year.
>
> thanks,
>
> greg k-h
>
Thank you for your feedback! We will work on a redesign for clearer implementation.

Regards,
Pooja