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Message-ID: <0835B3720019904CB8F7AA43166CEEB2F18D6324@RTITMBSVM03.realtek.com.tw>
Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2019 02:25:59 +0000
From: Hayes Wang <hayeswang@...ltek.com>
To: Prashant Malani <pmalani@...omium.org>,
"davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>
CC: "grundler@...omium.org" <grundler@...omium.org>,
"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
nic_swsd <nic_swsd@...ltek.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH] r8152: Set memory to all 0xFFs on failed reg reads
Prashant Malani [mailto:pmalani@...omium.org]
> Sent: Saturday, August 24, 2019 4:36 PM
[...]
> get_registers() blindly copies the memory written to by the
> usb_control_msg() call even if the underlying urb failed.
>
> This could lead to junk register values being read by the driver, since
> some indirect callers of get_registers() ignore the return values. One
> example is:
> ocp_read_dword() ignores the return value of generic_ocp_read(), which
> calls get_registers().
>
> So, emulate PCI "Master Abort" behavior by setting the buffer to all
> 0xFFs when usb_control_msg() fails.
>
> This patch is copied from the r8152 driver (v2.12.0) published by
> Realtek (www.realtek.com).
>
> Signed-off-by: Prashant Malani <pmalani@...omium.org>
> ---
Acked-by: Hayes Wang <hayeswang@...ltek.com>
Best Regards,
Hayes
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