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SubjectRe: [PATCH net-next] usbnet: fix cyclical race on disconnect with work queue
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On 3/22/24 18:43, Sai Krishna Gajula wrote:
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Oliver Neukum <oneukum@suse.com>
>> Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2024 6:17 PM
>> To: davem@davemloft.net; edumazet@google.com; kuba@kernel.org;
>> pabeni@redhat.com; netdev@vger.kernel.org; linux-usb@vger.kernel.org;
>> linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
>> Cc: Oliver Neukum <oneukum@suse.com>;
>> syzbot+9665bf55b1c828bbcd8a@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
>> Subject: [PATCH net-next] usbnet: fix cyclical race on disconnect
>> with work queue
>
> This patch seems to be a fix, in that case the subject need to be with [PATCH net]

OK
>
>>
>> The work can submit URBs and the URBs can schedule the work.
>> This cycle needs to be broken, when a device is to be stopped.
>> Use a flag to do so.
>>
>> Fixes: f29fc259976e9 ("[PATCH] USB: usbnet (1/9) clean up framing")
>
> Please use correct Fixes: style 'Fixes: <12 chars of sha1> ("<title line>")' - ie: 'Fixes: f29fc259976e ("[PATCH] USB: usbnet (1/9) clean up framing")'

Ehm, what exactly did I do differently

>> --- a/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c
>> +++ b/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c
>> @@ -467,10 +467,12 @@ static enum skb_state defer_bh(struct usbnet *dev,
>> struct sk_buff *skb, void usbnet_defer_kevent (struct usbnet *dev, int work)
>
> space prohibited between function name and open parenthesis '('

I am sorry, but this is the context of the diff. You are not suggesting
to mix gratitious format changes into a bug fix, are you?

>> diff --git a/include/linux/usb/usbnet.h b/include/linux/usb/usbnet.h index
>> 9f08a584d707..d26599faab33 100644
>> --- a/include/linux/usb/usbnet.h
>> +++ b/include/linux/usb/usbnet.h
>> @@ -76,8 +76,26 @@ struct usbnet {
>> # define EVENT_LINK_CHANGE 11
>> # define EVENT_SET_RX_MODE 12
>> # define EVENT_NO_IP_ALIGN 13
>> +/*
>> + * this one is special, as it indicates that the device is going away
>> + * there are cyclic dependencies between tasklet, timer and bh
>> + * that must be broken
>> + */
>
> Networking block comments don't use an empty /* line, use /* Comment...

OK

Regards
Oliver


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