linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 5/5] media: uvcvideo: Flush the control cache when we get an event

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <67f78128-dcc0-4253-a6f7-5905ca375b06@redhat.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2024 15:45:57 +0100
From: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>
To: Ricardo Ribalda <ribalda@...omium.org>,
 Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@...asonboard.com>,
 Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...nel.org>,
 Guennadi Liakhovetski <guennadi.liakhovetski@...el.com>
Cc: Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@...all.nl>,
 Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+samsung@...nel.org>,
 linux-media@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 5/5] media: uvcvideo: Flush the control cache when we
 get an event

Hi,

On 2-Dec-24 3:24 PM, Ricardo Ribalda wrote:
> Asynchronous controls trigger an event when they have completed their
> operation.
> 
> This can make that the control cached value does not match the value in
> the device.
> 
> Let's flush the cache to be on the safe side.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ricardo Ribalda <ribalda@...omium.org>
> ---
>  drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_ctrl.c | 3 +++
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_ctrl.c b/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_ctrl.c
> index e90bf2aeb5e4..75d534072f50 100644
> --- a/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_ctrl.c
> +++ b/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_ctrl.c
> @@ -1672,6 +1672,9 @@ bool uvc_ctrl_status_event_async(struct urb *urb, struct uvc_video_chain *chain,
>  	struct uvc_device *dev = chain->dev;
>  	struct uvc_ctrl_work *w = &dev->async_ctrl;
>  
> +	/* Flush the control cache, the data might have changed. */
> +	ctrl->loaded = 0;
> +
>  	if (list_empty(&ctrl->info.mappings))
>  		return false;
>  
>


Thank you for the patch.

I'm not familiar enough with UVC yet to really have an opinion on this one,
so I'll defer reviewing this one to Laurent.

Regards,

Hans