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SubjectRe: [PATCH] usb: host: u132-hcd: Remove u132_static_list
On Fri, 3 Apr 2020 madhuparnabhowmik10@gmail.com wrote:

> From: Madhuparna Bhowmik <madhuparnabhowmik10@gmail.com>
>
> u132_static_list is a global list protected by u132_module_lock.
> It is read in the u132_hcd_exit() function without holding the lock
> thus may lead to data race.
> However, it turns out that this list isn't used for anything useful
> and thus it is okay to get rid of it.
> Thus, remove the u132_static_list from u132-hcd module.
>
> Found by Linux Driver Verification project (linuxtesting.org).
>
> Suggested-by: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>
> Signed-off-by: Madhuparna Bhowmik <madhuparnabhowmik10@gmail.com>
> ---
> drivers/usb/host/u132-hcd.c | 8 --------
> 1 file changed, 8 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/usb/host/u132-hcd.c b/drivers/usb/host/u132-hcd.c
> index e9209e3e6248..52f70cf063ea 100644
> --- a/drivers/usb/host/u132-hcd.c
> +++ b/drivers/usb/host/u132-hcd.c
> @@ -81,7 +81,6 @@ static DECLARE_WAIT_QUEUE_HEAD(u132_hcd_wait);
> static struct mutex u132_module_lock;
> static int u132_exiting;
> static int u132_instances;
> -static struct list_head u132_static_list;
> /*
> * end of the global variables protected by u132_module_lock
> */

You forgot to remove the u132_list member from struct u132.

Alan Stern

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