linux_dsm_epyc7002/drivers/usb/core
Oliver Neukum b4a90d04ac usb: no locking for reading descriptors in sysfs
Quting the relevant thread:

> In fact, I suspect the locking added by the kernel 3.13 commit for
> read_descriptors() is invalid because read_descriptors() performs no USB
> activity; read_descriptors() just reads information from an allocated
> memory structure. This structure is protected as the structure is
> existing before and after the sysfs vfs descriptors entry is created or
> destroyed.

You're right.  For some reason I thought that usb_deauthorize_device()
would destroy the rawdescriptor structures (as mentioned in that
commit's Changelog), but it doesn't.  The locking in read_descriptors()
is unnecessary.

> The information is only written at the time of enumeration
> and does not change. At least that is my understanding.
>
> It is noted that in our testing of kernel 3.8 on ARM, that sysfs
> read_descriptors() was non-blocking because the kernel 3.13 comment was
> not there.
>
> The pre-kernel 3.13 sysfs read_descriptors() seemed to work OK.
>
> Proposal:
> =========
>
> Remove the usb_lock_device(udev) and usb_unlock_device(udev) from
> devices/usb/core/sysfs.c in read_descriptors() that was added by the
> kernel 3.13 commit
> "232275a USB: fix substandard locking for the sysfs files"
>
> Any comments to this proposal ?

It seems okay to me.  Please submit a patch.

So this removes the locking making the point about -EINTR in
the first path moot.

Signed-off-by: Oliver Neukum <oneukum@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2016-02-03 13:29:12 -08:00
..
buffer.c Usb: core: buffer: fixed the checkpatch warning 2015-05-10 15:44:10 +02:00
config.c usb: define USB_SPEED_SUPER_PLUS speed for SuperSpeedPlus USB3.1 devices 2016-01-24 20:16:52 -08:00
devices.c usb: core: switch bus numbering to using idr 2016-02-03 13:26:30 -08:00
devio.c USB: core, devio: use to_usb_device 2016-01-24 21:00:33 -08:00
driver.c usb: core: driver: Use kmalloc_array 2015-10-04 10:47:19 +01:00
endpoint.c usb: endpoint: convert spaces to tabs 2015-08-14 16:50:36 -07:00
file.c usb: core: use kbasename() instead of open-coded variant 2016-01-24 20:37:47 -08:00
generic.c staging: usbip: convert usbip-host driver to usb_device_driver 2014-02-07 10:54:30 -08:00
hcd-pci.c usb: define USB_SPEED_SUPER_PLUS speed for SuperSpeedPlus USB3.1 devices 2016-01-24 20:16:52 -08:00
hcd.c usb: core: switch bus numbering to using idr 2016-02-03 13:26:30 -08:00
hub.c Merge 4.5-rc2 into usb-next 2016-02-01 12:55:09 -08:00
hub.h usb: Support USB 3.1 extended port status request 2016-01-24 20:16:52 -08:00
Kconfig usb: kconfig: fix warning of select USB_OTG 2015-11-19 16:31:42 -08:00
Makefile USB: core: remove CONFIG_USB_DEBUG usage 2013-12-21 16:01:00 -08:00
message.c usb: message: remove redundant declaration 2015-10-04 10:45:11 +01:00
notify.c usb: Add export.h for EXPORT_SYMBOL/THIS_MODULE where needed 2011-10-31 19:31:25 -04:00
otg_whitelist.h usb: otg_whitelist: remove whitespace 2015-08-14 16:50:36 -07:00
port.c More power management and ACPI updates for v4.5-rc1 2016-01-20 19:06:49 -08:00
quirks.c USB: add quirk for devices with broken LPM 2015-12-11 15:40:51 -08:00
sysfs.c usb: no locking for reading descriptors in sysfs 2016-02-03 13:29:12 -08:00
urb.c usb: define USB_SPEED_SUPER_PLUS speed for SuperSpeedPlus USB3.1 devices 2016-01-24 20:16:52 -08:00
usb-acpi.c usb: find internal hub tier mismatch via acpi 2014-05-27 16:38:52 -07:00
usb.c usb: core: switch bus numbering to using idr 2016-02-03 13:26:30 -08:00
usb.h usb: define USB_SPEED_SUPER_PLUS speed for SuperSpeedPlus USB3.1 devices 2016-01-24 20:16:52 -08:00