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syzbot is reporting hung task at wdm_flush() [1], for there is a circular dependency that wdm_flush() from flip_close() for /dev/cdc-wdm0 forever waits for /dev/raw-gadget to be closed while close() for /dev/raw-gadget cannot be called unless close() for /dev/cdc-wdm0 completes. Tetsuo Handa considered that such circular dependency is an usage error [2] which corresponds to an unresponding broken hardware [3]. But Alan Stern responded that we should be prepared for such hardware [4]. Therefore, this patch changes wdm_flush() to use wait_event_interruptible_timeout() which gives up after 30 seconds, for hardware that remains silent must be ignored. The 30 seconds are coming out of thin air. Changing wait_event() to wait_event_interruptible_timeout() makes error reporting from close() syscall less reliable. To compensate it, this patch also implements wdm_fsync() which does not use timeout. Those who want to be very sure that data has gone out to the device are now advised to call fsync(), with a caveat that fsync() can return -EINVAL when running on older kernels which do not implement wdm_fsync(). This patch also fixes three more problems (listed below) found during exhaustive discussion and testing. Since multiple threads can concurrently call wdm_write()/wdm_flush(), we need to use wake_up_all() whenever clearing WDM_IN_USE in order to make sure that all waiters are woken up. Also, error reporting needs to use fetch-and-clear approach in order not to report same error for multiple times. Since wdm_flush() checks WDM_DISCONNECTING, wdm_write() should as well check WDM_DISCONNECTING. In wdm_flush(), since locks are not held, it is not safe to dereference desc->intf after checking that WDM_DISCONNECTING is not set [5]. Thus, remove dev_err() from wdm_flush(). [1] https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?id=e7b761593b23eb50855b9ea31e3be5472b711186 [2] https://lkml.kernel.org/r/27b7545e-8f41-10b8-7c02-e35a08eb1611@i-love.sakura.ne.jp [3] https://lkml.kernel.org/r/79ba410f-e0ef-2465-b94f-6b9a4a82adf5@i-love.sakura.ne.jp [4] https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200530011040.GB12419@rowland.harvard.edu [5] https://lkml.kernel.org/r/c85331fc-874c-6e46-a77f-0ef1dc075308@i-love.sakura.ne.jp Reported-by: syzbot <syzbot+854768b99f19e89d7f81@syzkaller.appspotmail.com> Cc: stable <stable@vger.kernel.org> Co-developed-by: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp> Signed-off-by: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp> Signed-off-by: Oliver Neukum <oneukum@suse.com> Cc: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200928141755.3476-1-penguin-kernel@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.