linux-kernel - RE: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: [syzbot] INFO: rcu detected stall in tx

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Message-ID: <d673611ca53f42a3a629eb051cabc6eb@rohde-schwarz.com>
Date:   Wed, 19 May 2021 16:14:20 +0000
From:   Guido Kiener <Guido.Kiener@...de-schwarz.com>
To:     Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>,
        dave penkler <dpenkler@...il.com>
CC:     Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@...gle.com>,
        syzbot <syzbot+e2eae5639e7203360018@...kaller.appspotmail.com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        "lee.jones@...aro.org" <lee.jones@...aro.org>,
        USB list <linux-usb@...r.kernel.org>,
        "bp@...en8.de" <bp@...en8.de>,
        "dwmw@...zon.co.uk" <dwmw@...zon.co.uk>,
        "hpa@...or.com" <hpa@...or.com>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "luto@...nel.org" <luto@...nel.org>,
        "mingo@...hat.com" <mingo@...hat.com>,
        "syzkaller-bugs@...glegroups.com" <syzkaller-bugs@...glegroups.com>,
        "tglx@...utronix.de" <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        "x86@...nel.org" <x86@...nel.org>
Subject: RE: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: [syzbot] INFO: rcu detected stall in tx

> On Wed, May 19, 2021 at 10:48:29AM +0200, dave penkler wrote:
> > On Sat, 8 May 2021 at 16:29, Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Sat, May 08, 2021 at 10:14:41AM +0200, dave penkler wrote:
> > > > When the host driver detects a protocol error while processing an
> > > > URB it completes the URB with EPROTO status and marks the endpoint
> > > > as halted.
> > >
> > > Not true.  It does not mark the endpoint as halted, not unless it
> > > receives a STALL handshake from the device.  A STALL is not a
> > > protocol error.
> > >
> > > > When the class driver resubmits the URB and the if the host driver
> > > > finds the endpoint still marked as halted it should return EPIPE
> > > > status on the resubmitted URB
> > >
> > > Irrelevant.
> > Not at all. The point is that when an application is talking to an
> > instrument over the usbtmc driver, the underlying host controller and
> > its driver will detect and silence a babbling endpoint.
> 
> No, they won't.  That is, they will detect a babble error and return an error status, but
> they won't silence the endpoint.  What makes you think they will?

Maybe there is a misunderstanding. I guess that Dave wanted to propose:
"EPROTO is a link level issue and needs to be handled by the host driver.
When the host driver detects a protocol error while processing an
URB it SHOULD complete the URB with EPROTO status and SHOULD mark the endpoint
as halted."
Is this a realistic fix for all host drivers?

-Guido