Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/4] net: usb: rtl8150: use usb_control_msg_recv() and usb_control_msg_send()

From: Oliver Neukum <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2020 12:22:37 +0200

Am Mittwoch, den 23.09.2020, 14:35 +0530 schrieb Himadri Pandya:

Hi,

> Many usage of usb_control_msg() do not have proper error check on return
> value leaving scope for bugs on short reads. New usb_control_msg_recv()
> and usb_control_msg_send() nicely wraps usb_control_msg() with proper
> error check. Hence use the wrappers instead of calling usb_control_msg()
> directly.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Himadri Pandya <[email-masked]>
Nacked-by: Oliver Neukum <[email-masked]>

> ---
>  drivers/net/usb/rtl8150.c | 32 ++++++--------------------------
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/rtl8150.c b/drivers/net/usb/rtl8150.c
> index 733f120c852b..e3002b675921 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/usb/rtl8150.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/usb/rtl8150.c
> @@ -152,36 +152,16 @@ static const char driver_name [] = "rtl8150";
>  */
>  static int get_registers(rtl8150_t * dev, u16 indx, u16 size, void *data)
>  {
> -	void *buf;
> -	int ret;
> -
> -	buf = kmalloc(size, GFP_NOIO);

GFP_NOIO is used here for a reason. You need to use this helper
while in contexts of error recovery and runtime PM.

> -	if (!buf)
> -		return -ENOMEM;
> -
> -	ret = usb_control_msg(dev->udev, usb_rcvctrlpipe(dev->udev, 0),
> -			      RTL8150_REQ_GET_REGS, RTL8150_REQT_READ,
> -			      indx, 0, buf, size, 500);
> -	if (ret > 0 && ret <= size)
> -		memcpy(data, buf, ret);
> -	kfree(buf);
> -	return ret;
> +	return usb_control_msg_recv(dev->udev, 0, RTL8150_REQ_GET_REGS,
> +				    RTL8150_REQT_READ, indx, 0, data,
> +				    size, 500);

This internally uses kmemdup() with GFP_KERNEL.
You cannot make this change. The API does not support it.
I am afraid we will have to change the API first, before more
such changes are done.

I would suggest dropping the whole series for now.

	Regards
		Oliver