linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 05/12] usb: otg-fsm: Fix hrtimer list corruption

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Date:   Sat, 3 Jul 2021 20:22:38 +0300
From:   Dmitry Osipenko <digetx@...il.com>
To:     Peter Chen <peter.chen@...nel.org>
Cc:     Thierry Reding <treding@...dia.com>,
        Jonathan Hunter <jonathanh@...dia.com>,
        Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Sebastian Reichel <sre@...nel.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Felipe Balbi <balbi@...nel.org>,
        David Heidelberg <david@...t.cz>, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-pm@...r.kernel.org, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-tegra@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 05/12] usb: otg-fsm: Fix hrtimer list corruption

03.07.2021 14:08, Peter Chen пишет:
> On 21-07-02 02:43:10, Dmitry Osipenko wrote:
>> The HNP work can be re-scheduled while it's still in-fly. This results in
>> re-initialization of the busy work, resetting the hrtimer's list node of
>> the work and crashing kernel with null dereference within kernel/timer
>> once work's timer is expired. It's very easy to trigger this problem by
>> re-plugging USB cable quickly. Initialize HNP work only once to fix this
>> trouble.
> 
> Fully OTG compliance support has not maintained for years, what's the use case you
> still want to use?

I don't have any use case for it, but I had CONFIG_USB_OTG_FSM=y and it
was crashing kernel badly. The OTG works perfectly fine without the FSM.