linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4.2.y-ckt 009/211] xhci: don't finish a TD if we get a short transfer event mid TD

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Date:	Wed, 06 Jan 2016 17:05:37 +0000
From:	Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
To:	Kamal Mostafa <kamal@...onical.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	stable@...r.kernel.org, kernel-team@...ts.ubuntu.com
Cc:	Mathias Nyman <mathias.nyman@...ux.intel.com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4.2.y-ckt 009/211] xhci: don't finish a TD if we get a
 short transfer event mid TD

On Tue, 2016-01-05 at 11:41 -0800, Kamal Mostafa wrote:
> 4.2.8-ckt1 -stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
> 
> ------------------
> 
> From: Mathias Nyman <mathias.nyman@...ux.intel.com>
> 
> commit e210c422b6fdd2dc123bedc588f399aefd8bf9de upstream.
> 
> If the difference is big enough between the bytes asked and received
> in a bulk transfer we can get a short transfer event pointing to a TRB in
> the middle of the TD. We don't want to handle the TD yet as we will anyway
> receive a new event for the last TRB in the TD.
> 
> Hold off from finishing the TD and removing it from the list until we
> receive an event for the last TRB in the TD
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mathias Nyman <mathias.nyman@...ux.intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
> [ kamal: backport to 4.2-stable: context ]
> Signed-off-by: Kamal Mostafa <kamal@...onical.com>
[...]

This causes regressions (see https://bugs.debian.org/808602 and
https://bugs.debian.org/808953 ) so please hold off until there's a
complete fix upstream.

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
It is easier to write an incorrect program than to understand a correct one.
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