linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] usb: gadget: f_hid: Conduct proper refcounting on shared f

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Message-ID: <Y3ZxiCJdIOzcC6f5@kroah.com>
Date:   Thu, 17 Nov 2022 18:38:16 +0100
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Lee Jones <lee@...nel.org>
Cc:     balbi@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-usb@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] usb: gadget: f_hid: Conduct proper refcounting on
 shared f_hidg pointer

On Thu, Nov 17, 2022 at 01:26:21PM +0000, Lee Jones wrote:
> On Thu, 17 Nov 2022, Greg KH wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, Nov 17, 2022 at 12:08:13PM +0000, Lee Jones wrote:
> > > A reference to struct f_hidg is shared with this driver's associated
> > > character device handling component without provision for life-time
> > > handling.  In some circumstances, this can lead to unwanted
> > > behaviour depending on the order in which things are torn down.
> > > 
> > > Utilise, the reference counting functionality already provided by the
> > > implanted character device structure to ensure the struct f_hidg's
> > > memory is only freed once the character device handling has finished
> > > with it.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Lee Jones <lee@...nel.org>
> > > ---
> > >  drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_hid.c | 47 +++++++++++++++++++++++------
> > >  1 file changed, 37 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > This is the friendly patch-bot of Greg Kroah-Hartman.  You have sent him
> > a patch that has triggered this response.  He used to manually respond
> > to these common problems, but in order to save his sanity (he kept
> > writing the same thing over and over, yet to different people), I was
> > created.  Hopefully you will not take offence and will fix the problem
> > in your patch and resubmit it so that it can be accepted into the Linux
> > kernel tree.
> > 
> > You are receiving this message because of the following common error(s)
> > as indicated below:
> > 
> > - This looks like a new version of a previously submitted patch, but you
> >   did not list below the --- line any changes from the previous version.
> >   Please read the section entitled "The canonical patch format" in the
> >   kernel file, Documentation/SubmittingPatches for what needs to be done
> >   here to properly describe this.
> > 
> > If you wish to discuss this problem further, or you have questions about
> > how to resolve this issue, please feel free to respond to this email and
> > Greg will reply once he has dug out from the pending patches received
> > from other developers.
> > 
> > thanks,
> > 
> > greg k-h's patch email bot
> 
> This is a completely new solution to the same problem.
> 
> I'm treating this as a brand new submission.

With the identical subject line, which plays havoc with tools :(

This is a v2, next should be v3 please.

thanks,

greg k-h