linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V2] HID: i2c-hid: fix race condition reading reports

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Date:	Tue, 25 Nov 2014 15:26:53 +0100 (CET)
From:	Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>
To:	Benjamin Tissoires <benjamin.tissoires@...il.com>
cc:	Antonio Borneo <borneo.antonio@...il.com>,
	linux-input <linux-input@...r.kernel.org>,
	Benjamin Tissoires <benjamin.tissoires@...hat.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Jean-Baptiste Maneyrol <jmaneyrol@...ensense.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V2] HID: i2c-hid: fix race condition reading reports

On Mon, 24 Nov 2014, Benjamin Tissoires wrote:

> > Current driver uses a common buffer for reading reports either
> > synchronously in i2c_hid_get_raw_report() and asynchronously in
> > the interrupt handler.
> > There is race condition if an interrupt arrives immediately after
> > the report is received in i2c_hid_get_raw_report(); the common
> > buffer is modified by the interrupt handler with the new report
> > and then i2c_hid_get_raw_report() proceed using wrong data.
> >
> > Fix it by using a separate buffers for synchronous reports.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Jean-Baptiste Maneyrol <jmaneyrol@...ensense.com>
> > [Antonio Borneo: cleanup, rebase to v3.17, submit mainline]
> > Signed-off-by: Antonio Borneo <borneo.antonio@...il.com>
> > Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
> > ---
> > V1 -> V2
> >         rename the synchronous buffer as rawbuf (instead of the
> >         asynchronous one)
> 
> Sorry for the lag and thanks for resubmitting.
> 
> This one is reviewed-by: Benjamin Tissoires <benjamin.tissoires@...hat.com>

Applied, thanks.


-- 
Jiri Kosina
SUSE Labs
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