linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] usb: host: xhci: Handle the right timeout command

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Date:   Wed, 21 Dec 2016 10:22:37 +0800
From:   Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@...aro.org>
To:     Mathias Nyman <mathias.nyman@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:     Lu Baolu <baolu.lu@...ux.intel.com>,
        Mathias Nyman <mathias.nyman@...el.com>,
        Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        USB <linux-usb@...r.kernel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>,
        "Lu, Baolu" <baolu.lu@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] usb: host: xhci: Handle the right timeout command

Hi Mathias,

On 20 December 2016 at 23:13, Mathias Nyman
<mathias.nyman@...ux.intel.com> wrote:
> On 20.12.2016 09:30, Baolin Wang wrote:
> ...
>
> Alright, I gathered all current work related to xhci races and timeouts
> and put them into a branch:
>
> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mnyman/xhci.git
> timeout_race_fixes
>
> Its based on 4.9
> It includes a few other patches just to avoid conflicts and  make my life
> easier
>
> Interesting patches are:
>
> ee4eb91 xhci: remove unnecessary check for pending timer
> 0cba67d xhci: detect stop endpoint race using pending timer instead of
> counter.
> 4f2535f xhci: Handle command completion and timeout race
> b9d00d7 usb: host: xhci: Fix possible wild pointer when handling abort
> command
> 529a5a0 usb: xhci: fix possible wild pointer
> 4766555 xhci: Fix race related to abort operation
> de834a3 xhci: Use delayed_work instead of timer for command timeout
> 69973b8 Linux 4.9
>
> The fixes for command queue races will go to usb-linus and stable, the
> reworks for stop ep watchdog timer will go to usb-next.

How about applying below patch in your 'timeout_race_fixes' branch?
[PATCH] usb: host: xhci: Clean up commands when stop endpoint command is timeout
https://lkml.org/lkml/2016/12/13/94

>
> Still completely untested, (well it compiles)
>
> Felipe gave instructions how to modify dwc3 driver to timeout on address
> devicecommands to test these, I'll try to set that up.
>
> All additional testing is welcome, especially if you can trigger timeouts
> and races

I will try to test these patches.

-- 
Baolin.wang
Best Regards