linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/6] usb: Iterator for ports

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Message-ID: <YFyqL9NCI86ehCcN@kroah.com>
Date:   Thu, 25 Mar 2021 16:20:15 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Heikki Krogerus <heikki.krogerus@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:     Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>,
        Benson Leung <bleung@...gle.com>,
        Prashant Malani <pmalani@...omium.org>,
        Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/6] usb: Iterator for ports

On Thu, Mar 25, 2021 at 05:14:42PM +0200, Heikki Krogerus wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 25, 2021 at 10:41:09AM -0400, Alan Stern wrote:
> > On Thu, Mar 25, 2021 at 03:29:21PM +0300, Heikki Krogerus wrote:
> > > Introducing usb_for_each_port(). It works the same way as
> > > usb_for_each_dev(), but instead of going through every USB
> > > device in the system, it walks through the USB ports in the
> > > system.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Heikki Krogerus <heikki.krogerus@...ux.intel.com>
> > 
> > This has a couple of nasty errors.
> > 
> > > ---
> > >  drivers/usb/core/usb.c | 43 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > >  include/linux/usb.h    |  1 +
> > >  2 files changed, 44 insertions(+)
> > > 
> > > diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/usb.c b/drivers/usb/core/usb.c
> > > index 2ce3667ec6fae..6d49db9a1b208 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/usb/core/usb.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/usb/core/usb.c
> > > @@ -398,6 +398,49 @@ int usb_for_each_dev(void *data, int (*fn)(struct usb_device *, void *))
> > >  }
> > >  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(usb_for_each_dev);
> > >  
> > > +struct each_hub_arg {
> > > +	void *data;
> > > +	int (*fn)(struct device *, void *);
> > > +};
> > > +
> > > +static int __each_hub(struct device *dev, void *data)
> > > +{
> > > +	struct each_hub_arg *arg = (struct each_hub_arg *)data;
> > > +	struct usb_device *hdev = to_usb_device(dev);
> > 
> > to_usb_device() won't work properly if the struct device isn't embedded 
> > in an actual usb_device structure.  And that will happen, since the USB 
> > bus type holds usb_interface structures as well as usb_devices.
> 
> OK, so I need to filter them out.
> 
> > In fact, you should use usb_for_each_dev here; it already does what you 
> > want.
> 
> Unfortunately I can't use usb_for_each_dev here, because it deals with
> struct usb_device while I need to deal with struct device in the
> callback.

Why do you need 'struct device' in the callback?  All you really want is
the hub devices, right?

> > > +	struct usb_hub *hub;
> > > +	int ret;
> > > +	int i;
> > > +
> > > +	hub = usb_hub_to_struct_hub(hdev);
> > > +	if (!hub)
> > > +		return 0;
> > > +
> > > +	for (i = 0; i < hdev->maxchild; i++) {
> > > +		ret = arg->fn(&hub->ports[i]->dev, arg->data);
> > > +		if (ret)
> > > +			return ret;
> > > +	}
> > > +
> > > +	return 0;
> > > +}
> > 
> > Don't you need some sort of locking or refcounting here?  What would 
> > happen if this hub got removed while the routine was running?
> 
> I'll use a lock then.

That's not going to work to be held over a callback.  Just properly
increment the reference count.

thanks,

greg k-h