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Date:   Tue, 23 Mar 2021 16:44:26 +0200
From:   Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@...ux.intel.com>
To:     lyl2019@...l.ustc.edu.cn
Cc:     andreas.noever@...il.com, michael.jamet@...el.com,
        YehezkelShB@...il.com, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Re: [PATCH] thunderbolt: Fix a double put in tb_cfg_read_raw

On Tue, Mar 23, 2021 at 10:30:16PM +0800, lyl2019@...l.ustc.edu.cn wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> > -----原始邮件-----
> > 发件人: "Mika Westerberg" <mika.westerberg@...ux.intel.com>
> > 发送时间: 2021-03-23 22:06:47 (星期二)
> > 收件人: "Lv Yunlong" <lyl2019@...l.ustc.edu.cn>
> > 抄送: andreas.noever@...il.com, michael.jamet@...el.com, YehezkelShB@...il.com, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
> > 主题: Re: [PATCH] thunderbolt: Fix a double put in tb_cfg_read_raw
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > On Mon, Mar 22, 2021 at 08:15:12PM -0700, Lv Yunlong wrote:
> > > In tb_cfg_read_raw, req is allocated by tb_cfg_request_alloc()
> > > with an initial reference. Before calling tb_cfg_request_sync(),
> > > there is no refcount inc operation. tb_cfg_request_sync()
> > > calls tb_cfg_request(..,req,..) and if the callee failed,
> > > the initial reference of req is dropped and req is freed.
> > > 
> > > Later in tb_cfg_read_raw before the err check,
> > > tb_cfg_request_put(req) is called again. It may cause error
> > > in race.
> > 
> > Hmm, tb_cfg_request() does tb_cfg_request_get() too and in case of error
> > it does tb_cfg_request_put(). So the refcount should be fine. What am I
> > missing?
> > 
> > > 
> > > My patch puts tb_cfg_request_put(req) after the err check
> > > finished to avoid unexpected result.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Lv Yunlong <lyl2019@...l.ustc.edu.cn>
> > > ---
> > >  drivers/thunderbolt/ctl.c | 4 ++--
> > >  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > > 
> > > diff --git a/drivers/thunderbolt/ctl.c b/drivers/thunderbolt/ctl.c
> > > index f1aeaff9f368..bb60269c89ab 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/thunderbolt/ctl.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/thunderbolt/ctl.c
> > > @@ -890,11 +890,11 @@ struct tb_cfg_result tb_cfg_read_raw(struct tb_ctl *ctl, void *buffer,
> > >  
> > >  		res = tb_cfg_request_sync(ctl, req, timeout_msec);
> > >  
> > > -		tb_cfg_request_put(req);
> > > -
> > >  		if (res.err != -ETIMEDOUT)
> > >  			break;
> > >  
> > > +		tb_cfg_request_put(req);
> > > +
> > >  		/* Wait a bit (arbitrary time) until we send a retry */
> > >  		usleep_range(10, 100);
> > >  	}
> > > -- 
> > > 2.25.1
> > > 
> 
> I'm very sorry, i was ashamed that i had missed the tb_cfg_request_get() in tb_cfg_request().

It happens, no worries :)