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usb/gadget: stalls in dummy_timer

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Alan Stern Sept. 14, 2017, 5:49 p.m. UTC
On Thu, 14 Sep 2017, Andrey Konovalov wrote:

> Looked at this a little more.
> 
> dummy_timer() stucks in an infinite loop. It calls
> usb_hcd_giveback_urb(), which in turn calls usbtouch_irq(), which
> calls usb_submit_urb(), which calls dummy_urb_enqueue() and puts urb
> back into dummy urb queue. dummy_timer() then does goto restart, finds
> the urb and calls usb_hcd_giveback_urb() again. And this process goes
> on again and again. It seems that something should either process the
> urb and set urb->status or it should just expire.

There is some throttling code, but it applies only to bulk transfers.  
Probably because the bandwidth limits for other types are slightly 
different.  However, I don't think we need to worry about this level of 
detail, since the driver makes a number of other approximations anyway.

Try the patch below; it should fix the problem.

Alan Stern




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Comments

Andrey Konovalov Sept. 14, 2017, 5:58 p.m. UTC | #1
On Thu, Sep 14, 2017 at 7:49 PM, Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu> wrote:
> On Thu, 14 Sep 2017, Andrey Konovalov wrote:
>
>> Looked at this a little more.
>>
>> dummy_timer() stucks in an infinite loop. It calls
>> usb_hcd_giveback_urb(), which in turn calls usbtouch_irq(), which
>> calls usb_submit_urb(), which calls dummy_urb_enqueue() and puts urb
>> back into dummy urb queue. dummy_timer() then does goto restart, finds
>> the urb and calls usb_hcd_giveback_urb() again. And this process goes
>> on again and again. It seems that something should either process the
>> urb and set urb->status or it should just expire.
>
> There is some throttling code, but it applies only to bulk transfers.
> Probably because the bandwidth limits for other types are slightly
> different.  However, I don't think we need to worry about this level of
> detail, since the driver makes a number of other approximations anyway.
>
> Try the patch below; it should fix the problem.

Hi Alan,

Just tried your patch, my reproducer still hangs the kernel until all
memory is exhausted.

Thanks!

>
> Alan Stern
>
>
>
> Index: usb-4.x/drivers/usb/gadget/udc/dummy_hcd.c
> ===================================================================
> --- usb-4.x.orig/drivers/usb/gadget/udc/dummy_hcd.c
> +++ usb-4.x/drivers/usb/gadget/udc/dummy_hcd.c
> @@ -1781,7 +1781,6 @@ restart:
>                 struct dummy_request    *req;
>                 u8                      address;
>                 struct dummy_ep         *ep = NULL;
> -               int                     type;
>                 int                     status = -EINPROGRESS;
>
>                 urb = urbp->urb;
> @@ -1789,14 +1788,10 @@ restart:
>                         goto return_urb;
>                 else if (dum_hcd->rh_state != DUMMY_RH_RUNNING)
>                         continue;
> -               type = usb_pipetype(urb->pipe);
>
> -               /* used up this frame's non-periodic bandwidth?
> -                * FIXME there's infinite bandwidth for control and
> -                * periodic transfers ... unrealistic.
> -                */
> -               if (total <= 0 && type == PIPE_BULK)
> -                       continue;
> +               /* Used up this frame's bandwidth? */
> +               if (total <= 0)
> +                       break;
>
>                 /* find the gadget's ep for this request (if configured) */
>                 address = usb_pipeendpoint (urb->pipe);
>
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Andrey Konovalov Sept. 19, 2017, 1:17 p.m. UTC | #2
On Fri, Sep 15, 2017 at 8:57 PM, Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu> wrote:
> On Thu, 14 Sep 2017, Andrey Konovalov wrote:
>
>> On Thu, Sep 14, 2017 at 7:49 PM, Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu> wrote:
>> > On Thu, 14 Sep 2017, Andrey Konovalov wrote:
>> >
>> >> Looked at this a little more.
>> >>
>> >> dummy_timer() stucks in an infinite loop. It calls
>> >> usb_hcd_giveback_urb(), which in turn calls usbtouch_irq(), which
>> >> calls usb_submit_urb(), which calls dummy_urb_enqueue() and puts urb
>> >> back into dummy urb queue. dummy_timer() then does goto restart, finds
>> >> the urb and calls usb_hcd_giveback_urb() again. And this process goes
>> >> on again and again. It seems that something should either process the
>> >> urb and set urb->status or it should just expire.
>> >
>> > There is some throttling code, but it applies only to bulk transfers.
>> > Probably because the bandwidth limits for other types are slightly
>> > different.  However, I don't think we need to worry about this level of
>> > detail, since the driver makes a number of other approximations anyway.
>> >
>> > Try the patch below; it should fix the problem.
>>
>> Hi Alan,
>>
>> Just tried your patch, my reproducer still hangs the kernel until all
>> memory is exhausted.
>>
>> Thanks!
>
> Hmmm.  Your reproducer doesn't run on my system.  The mmap system call
> fails, perhaps because this laptop has a 32-bit kernel.  So I can't
> tell what's going on.
>
> Can you collect a usbmon trace that shows what happens while the
> reproducer runs?  If it turns out to be extremely large, just post an
> initial portion of it.

I've attached the usbmon trace. It's actually quite short, probably
due to the fact that the kernel enters infinite loop.

I've also attached a reproducer that should compile on a 32 bit
system, however I haven't tested whether it reproduces the issue.

>
> Alan Stern
>
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Patch

Index: usb-4.x/drivers/usb/gadget/udc/dummy_hcd.c
===================================================================
--- usb-4.x.orig/drivers/usb/gadget/udc/dummy_hcd.c
+++ usb-4.x/drivers/usb/gadget/udc/dummy_hcd.c
@@ -1781,7 +1781,6 @@  restart:
 		struct dummy_request	*req;
 		u8			address;
 		struct dummy_ep		*ep = NULL;
-		int			type;
 		int			status = -EINPROGRESS;
 
 		urb = urbp->urb;
@@ -1789,14 +1788,10 @@  restart:
 			goto return_urb;
 		else if (dum_hcd->rh_state != DUMMY_RH_RUNNING)
 			continue;
-		type = usb_pipetype(urb->pipe);
 
-		/* used up this frame's non-periodic bandwidth?
-		 * FIXME there's infinite bandwidth for control and
-		 * periodic transfers ... unrealistic.
-		 */
-		if (total <= 0 && type == PIPE_BULK)
-			continue;
+		/* Used up this frame's bandwidth? */
+		if (total <= 0)
+			break;
 
 		/* find the gadget's ep for this request (if configured) */
 		address = usb_pipeendpoint (urb->pipe);