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patch "USB: usblp: fix a hang in poll() if disconnected" added to usb-linus

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This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled

USB: usblp: fix a hang in poll() if disconnected

to my usb git tree which can be found at
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/usb.git
in the usb-linus branch.

The patch will show up in the next release of the linux-next tree (usually sometime within the next 24 hours during the week.)

The patch will hopefully also be merged in Linus's tree for the next -rc kernel release.

If you have any questions about this process, please let me know.

From 623fe7c4e20f89b462c595b81d28ac208cfeeb11 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Pete Zaitcev <[email protected]>
Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2021 22:10:53 -0600
Subject: USB: usblp: fix a hang in poll() if disconnected

Apparently an application that opens a device and calls select() on it, will hang if the decice is disconnected. It's a little surprising that we had this bug for 15 years, but apparently nobody ever uses select() with a printer: only write() and read(), and those work fine. Well, you can also select() with a timeout.

The fix is modeled after devio.c. A few other drivers check the condition first, then do not add the wait queue in case the device is disconnected. We doubt that's completely race-free. So, this patch adds the process first, then locks properly and checks for the disconnect.

---
 drivers/usb/class/usblp.c | 16 ++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
drivers/usb/class/usblp.c +12 -4
index c9f6e9758288..f27b4aecff3d 100644
@@ -494,16 +494,24 @@ static int usblp_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 /* No kernel lock - fine */
 static __poll_t usblp_poll(struct file *file, struct poll_table_struct *wait)
 {
-	__poll_t ret;
+	struct usblp *usblp = file->private_data;
+	__poll_t ret = 0;
 	unsigned long flags;
 
-	struct usblp *usblp = file->private_data;
 	/* Should we check file->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE before poll_wait()? */
 	poll_wait(file, &usblp->rwait, wait);
 	poll_wait(file, &usblp->wwait, wait);
+
+	mutex_lock(&usblp->mut);
+	if (!usblp->present)
+		ret |= EPOLLHUP;
+	mutex_unlock(&usblp->mut);
+
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&usblp->lock, flags);
-	ret = ((usblp->bidir && usblp->rcomplete) ? EPOLLIN  | EPOLLRDNORM : 0) |
-	   ((usblp->no_paper || usblp->wcomplete) ? EPOLLOUT | EPOLLWRNORM : 0);
+	if (usblp->bidir && usblp->rcomplete)
+		ret |= EPOLLIN  | EPOLLRDNORM;
+	if (usblp->no_paper || usblp->wcomplete)
+		ret |= EPOLLOUT | EPOLLWRNORM;
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&usblp->lock, flags);
 	return ret;
 }
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