[lvc-project] [PATCH 2/2] rtl818x: Kill URBs before clearing tx status queue

Ping-Ke Shih pkshih at realtek.com
Tue Jun 17 04:18:34 MSK 2025


Daniil Dulov <d.dulov at aladdin.ru> wrote:
> In rtl8187_stop() move the call of usb_kill_anchored_urbs() before clearing
> b_tx_status.queue. This change prevents callbacks from using already freed
> skb due to anchor was not killed before freeing such skb.

Oh. This is my question in patch 1/2. Seemingly, with this patch, it can
safely flush rtl8187_tx_cb() and stop, no? I mean just this one is enough,
no need patch 1/2. 

> 
> Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.

Same question as patch 1/2. Do you have a real hardware and test?

> 
> Fixes: c1db52b9d27e ("rtl8187: Use usb anchor facilities to manage urbs")
> Signed-off-by: Daniil Dulov <d.dulov at aladdin.ru>
> ---
>  drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtl818x/rtl8187/dev.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtl818x/rtl8187/dev.c
> b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtl818x/rtl8187/dev.c
> index 8fe6fdc32e56..12e2042ee2d0 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtl818x/rtl8187/dev.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtl818x/rtl8187/dev.c
> @@ -1050,10 +1050,10 @@ static void rtl8187_stop(struct ieee80211_hw *dev, bool suspend)
>         rtl818x_iowrite8(priv, &priv->map->CONFIG4, reg | RTL818X_CONFIG4_VCOOFF);
>         rtl818x_iowrite8(priv, &priv->map->EEPROM_CMD, RTL818X_EEPROM_CMD_NORMAL);
> 
> +       usb_kill_anchored_urbs(&priv->anchored);

nit: an empty line. 

>         while ((skb = skb_dequeue(&priv->b_tx_status.queue)))
>                 dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
> 
> -       usb_kill_anchored_urbs(&priv->anchored);
>         mutex_unlock(&priv->conf_mutex);
> 
>         if (!priv->is_rtl8187b)
> --
> 2.34.1
> 




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