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* [PATCH 3/3] hid: thingm: improve locking
@ 2016-02-29 20:38 Heiner Kallweit
  2016-02-29 22:38 ` Benjamin Tissoires
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Heiner Kallweit @ 2016-02-29 20:38 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Jiri Kosina; +Cc: Jacek Anaszewski, Benjamin Tissoires, linux-input, linux-leds

When reading from the device the full operation including sending the
read command and the actual read should be protected by the mutex.
Facilitate this by changing the semantics of thingm_recv to include
sending the read command.

Signed-off-by: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@gmail.com>
---
 drivers/hid/hid-thingm.c | 28 +++++++++++++++++-----------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-thingm.c b/drivers/hid/hid-thingm.c
index 5e35ec1..0e4b50c 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/hid-thingm.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/hid-thingm.c
@@ -77,9 +77,13 @@ static int thingm_send(struct thingm_device *tdev, u8 buf[REPORT_SIZE])
 			buf[0], buf[1], buf[2], buf[3], buf[4],
 			buf[5], buf[6], buf[7], buf[8]);
 
+	mutex_lock(&tdev->lock);
+
 	ret = hid_hw_raw_request(tdev->hdev, buf[0], buf, REPORT_SIZE,
 			HID_FEATURE_REPORT, HID_REQ_SET_REPORT);
 
+	mutex_unlock(&tdev->lock);
+
 	return ret < 0 ? ret : 0;
 }
 
@@ -87,16 +91,26 @@ static int thingm_recv(struct thingm_device *tdev, u8 buf[REPORT_SIZE])
 {
 	int ret;
 
+	mutex_lock(&tdev->lock);
+
+	ret = hid_hw_raw_request(tdev->hdev, buf[0], buf, REPORT_SIZE,
+			HID_FEATURE_REPORT, HID_REQ_SET_REPORT);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		goto err;
+
 	ret = hid_hw_raw_request(tdev->hdev, buf[0], buf, REPORT_SIZE,
 			HID_FEATURE_REPORT, HID_REQ_GET_REPORT);
 	if (ret < 0)
-		return ret;
+		goto err;
+
+	ret = 0;
 
 	hid_dbg(tdev->hdev, "<- %d %c %02hhx %02hhx %02hhx %02hhx %02hhx %02hhx %02hhx\n",
 			buf[0], buf[1], buf[2], buf[3], buf[4],
 			buf[5], buf[6], buf[7], buf[8]);
-
-	return 0;
+err:
+	mutex_unlock(&tdev->lock);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static int thingm_version(struct thingm_device *tdev)
@@ -104,10 +118,6 @@ static int thingm_version(struct thingm_device *tdev)
 	u8 buf[REPORT_SIZE] = { REPORT_ID, 'v', 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 };
 	int err;
 
-	err = thingm_send(tdev, buf);
-	if (err)
-		return err;
-
 	err = thingm_recv(tdev, buf);
 	if (err)
 		return err;
@@ -135,14 +145,10 @@ static int thingm_led_set(struct led_classdev *ldev,
 	struct thingm_led *led = container_of(ldev, struct thingm_led, ldev);
 	int ret;
 
-	mutex_lock(&led->rgb->tdev->lock);
-
 	ret = thingm_write_color(led->rgb);
 	if (ret)
 		hid_err(led->rgb->tdev->hdev, "failed to write color\n");
 
-	mutex_unlock(&led->rgb->tdev->lock);
-
 	return ret;
 }
 
-- 
2.7.1

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* Re: [PATCH 3/3] hid: thingm: improve locking
  2016-02-29 20:38 [PATCH 3/3] hid: thingm: improve locking Heiner Kallweit
@ 2016-02-29 22:38 ` Benjamin Tissoires
  2016-03-01  7:24   ` Heiner Kallweit
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Benjamin Tissoires @ 2016-02-29 22:38 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Heiner Kallweit; +Cc: Jiri Kosina, Jacek Anaszewski, linux-input, linux-leds

Hi Heiner,

On Feb 29 2016 or thereabouts, Heiner Kallweit wrote:
> When reading from the device the full operation including sending the
> read command and the actual read should be protected by the mutex.
> Facilitate this by changing the semantics of thingm_recv to include
> sending the read command.

I really like the cleanups of patches 1/3 and 2/3. However, this patch
does not make sense to me. thingm_send() and thingm_recv() are pretty
well defined to me. One reads data from the device, the other writes it.

With this change, whenever you read data from the device, you start by
overwriting its value and then read it back. Am I missing something?

I think you'd better add the proper mutexes around thingm_version()
or add the read command before thingm_send() in thingm_write_color()
(and please add a comment explaining why we need to read first).

Cheers,
Benjamin

> 
> Signed-off-by: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@gmail.com>
> ---
>  drivers/hid/hid-thingm.c | 28 +++++++++++++++++-----------
>  1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-thingm.c b/drivers/hid/hid-thingm.c
> index 5e35ec1..0e4b50c 100644
> --- a/drivers/hid/hid-thingm.c
> +++ b/drivers/hid/hid-thingm.c
> @@ -77,9 +77,13 @@ static int thingm_send(struct thingm_device *tdev, u8 buf[REPORT_SIZE])
>  			buf[0], buf[1], buf[2], buf[3], buf[4],
>  			buf[5], buf[6], buf[7], buf[8]);
>  
> +	mutex_lock(&tdev->lock);
> +
>  	ret = hid_hw_raw_request(tdev->hdev, buf[0], buf, REPORT_SIZE,
>  			HID_FEATURE_REPORT, HID_REQ_SET_REPORT);
>  
> +	mutex_unlock(&tdev->lock);
> +
>  	return ret < 0 ? ret : 0;
>  }
>  
> @@ -87,16 +91,26 @@ static int thingm_recv(struct thingm_device *tdev, u8 buf[REPORT_SIZE])
>  {
>  	int ret;
>  
> +	mutex_lock(&tdev->lock);
> +
> +	ret = hid_hw_raw_request(tdev->hdev, buf[0], buf, REPORT_SIZE,
> +			HID_FEATURE_REPORT, HID_REQ_SET_REPORT);
> +	if (ret < 0)
> +		goto err;
> +
>  	ret = hid_hw_raw_request(tdev->hdev, buf[0], buf, REPORT_SIZE,
>  			HID_FEATURE_REPORT, HID_REQ_GET_REPORT);
>  	if (ret < 0)
> -		return ret;
> +		goto err;
> +
> +	ret = 0;
>  
>  	hid_dbg(tdev->hdev, "<- %d %c %02hhx %02hhx %02hhx %02hhx %02hhx %02hhx %02hhx\n",
>  			buf[0], buf[1], buf[2], buf[3], buf[4],
>  			buf[5], buf[6], buf[7], buf[8]);
> -
> -	return 0;
> +err:
> +	mutex_unlock(&tdev->lock);
> +	return ret;
>  }
>  
>  static int thingm_version(struct thingm_device *tdev)
> @@ -104,10 +118,6 @@ static int thingm_version(struct thingm_device *tdev)
>  	u8 buf[REPORT_SIZE] = { REPORT_ID, 'v', 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 };
>  	int err;
>  
> -	err = thingm_send(tdev, buf);
> -	if (err)
> -		return err;
> -
>  	err = thingm_recv(tdev, buf);
>  	if (err)
>  		return err;
> @@ -135,14 +145,10 @@ static int thingm_led_set(struct led_classdev *ldev,
>  	struct thingm_led *led = container_of(ldev, struct thingm_led, ldev);
>  	int ret;
>  
> -	mutex_lock(&led->rgb->tdev->lock);
> -
>  	ret = thingm_write_color(led->rgb);
>  	if (ret)
>  		hid_err(led->rgb->tdev->hdev, "failed to write color\n");
>  
> -	mutex_unlock(&led->rgb->tdev->lock);
> -
>  	return ret;
>  }
>  
> -- 
> 2.7.1
> 

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* Re: [PATCH 3/3] hid: thingm: improve locking
  2016-02-29 22:38 ` Benjamin Tissoires
@ 2016-03-01  7:24   ` Heiner Kallweit
  2016-03-01  8:03     ` Benjamin Tissoires
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Heiner Kallweit @ 2016-03-01  7:24 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Benjamin Tissoires; +Cc: Jiri Kosina, Jacek Anaszewski, linux-input, linux-leds

Am 29.02.2016 um 23:38 schrieb Benjamin Tissoires:
> Hi Heiner,
> 
> On Feb 29 2016 or thereabouts, Heiner Kallweit wrote:
>> When reading from the device the full operation including sending the
>> read command and the actual read should be protected by the mutex.
>> Facilitate this by changing the semantics of thingm_recv to include
>> sending the read command.
> 
> I really like the cleanups of patches 1/3 and 2/3. However, this patch
> does not make sense to me. thingm_send() and thingm_recv() are pretty
> well defined to me. One reads data from the device, the other writes it.
> 
> With this change, whenever you read data from the device, you start by
> overwriting its value and then read it back. Am I missing something?
> 
> I think you'd better add the proper mutexes around thingm_version()
> or add the read command before thingm_send() in thingm_write_color()
> (and please add a comment explaining why we need to read first).
> 
The semantical read operation consists of writing the read command and
the actual read. If another read command should come in between then the read
returns wrong data. Therefore I'd like to protect the complete semantical
read operation with the mutex. I change nothing in the content or order
of calls. 

Basically this patch changes thingm_recv from a technical read to a
semantical read and ensures that a write read command + subsequent read
sequence can't be interrupted by another device access.

And it allows to move the mutex handling to the thingm_send/recv helpers
so that we don't have to take care of it on a upper driver logic level
thus making the code simpler.

Rgds, Heiner

> Cheers,
> Benjamin
> 
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@gmail.com>
>> ---
>>  drivers/hid/hid-thingm.c | 28 +++++++++++++++++-----------
>>  1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-thingm.c b/drivers/hid/hid-thingm.c
>> index 5e35ec1..0e4b50c 100644
>> --- a/drivers/hid/hid-thingm.c
>> +++ b/drivers/hid/hid-thingm.c
>> @@ -77,9 +77,13 @@ static int thingm_send(struct thingm_device *tdev, u8 buf[REPORT_SIZE])
>>  			buf[0], buf[1], buf[2], buf[3], buf[4],
>>  			buf[5], buf[6], buf[7], buf[8]);
>>  
>> +	mutex_lock(&tdev->lock);
>> +
>>  	ret = hid_hw_raw_request(tdev->hdev, buf[0], buf, REPORT_SIZE,
>>  			HID_FEATURE_REPORT, HID_REQ_SET_REPORT);
>>  
>> +	mutex_unlock(&tdev->lock);
>> +
>>  	return ret < 0 ? ret : 0;
>>  }
>>  
>> @@ -87,16 +91,26 @@ static int thingm_recv(struct thingm_device *tdev, u8 buf[REPORT_SIZE])
>>  {
>>  	int ret;
>>  
>> +	mutex_lock(&tdev->lock);
>> +
>> +	ret = hid_hw_raw_request(tdev->hdev, buf[0], buf, REPORT_SIZE,
>> +			HID_FEATURE_REPORT, HID_REQ_SET_REPORT);
>> +	if (ret < 0)
>> +		goto err;
>> +
>>  	ret = hid_hw_raw_request(tdev->hdev, buf[0], buf, REPORT_SIZE,
>>  			HID_FEATURE_REPORT, HID_REQ_GET_REPORT);
>>  	if (ret < 0)
>> -		return ret;
>> +		goto err;
>> +
>> +	ret = 0;
>>  
>>  	hid_dbg(tdev->hdev, "<- %d %c %02hhx %02hhx %02hhx %02hhx %02hhx %02hhx %02hhx\n",
>>  			buf[0], buf[1], buf[2], buf[3], buf[4],
>>  			buf[5], buf[6], buf[7], buf[8]);
>> -
>> -	return 0;
>> +err:
>> +	mutex_unlock(&tdev->lock);
>> +	return ret;
>>  }
>>  
>>  static int thingm_version(struct thingm_device *tdev)
>> @@ -104,10 +118,6 @@ static int thingm_version(struct thingm_device *tdev)
>>  	u8 buf[REPORT_SIZE] = { REPORT_ID, 'v', 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 };
>>  	int err;
>>  
>> -	err = thingm_send(tdev, buf);
>> -	if (err)
>> -		return err;
>> -
>>  	err = thingm_recv(tdev, buf);
>>  	if (err)
>>  		return err;
>> @@ -135,14 +145,10 @@ static int thingm_led_set(struct led_classdev *ldev,
>>  	struct thingm_led *led = container_of(ldev, struct thingm_led, ldev);
>>  	int ret;
>>  
>> -	mutex_lock(&led->rgb->tdev->lock);
>> -
>>  	ret = thingm_write_color(led->rgb);
>>  	if (ret)
>>  		hid_err(led->rgb->tdev->hdev, "failed to write color\n");
>>  
>> -	mutex_unlock(&led->rgb->tdev->lock);
>> -
>>  	return ret;
>>  }
>>  
>> -- 
>> 2.7.1
>>
> 


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* Re: [PATCH 3/3] hid: thingm: improve locking
  2016-03-01  7:24   ` Heiner Kallweit
@ 2016-03-01  8:03     ` Benjamin Tissoires
  2016-03-01 20:18       ` Heiner Kallweit
  2016-03-01 21:25       ` Heiner Kallweit
  0 siblings, 2 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Benjamin Tissoires @ 2016-03-01  8:03 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Heiner Kallweit; +Cc: Jiri Kosina, Jacek Anaszewski, linux-input, linux-leds

On Mar 01 2016 or thereabouts, Heiner Kallweit wrote:
> Am 29.02.2016 um 23:38 schrieb Benjamin Tissoires:
> > Hi Heiner,
> > 
> > On Feb 29 2016 or thereabouts, Heiner Kallweit wrote:
> >> When reading from the device the full operation including sending the
> >> read command and the actual read should be protected by the mutex.
> >> Facilitate this by changing the semantics of thingm_recv to include
> >> sending the read command.
> > 
> > I really like the cleanups of patches 1/3 and 2/3. However, this patch
> > does not make sense to me. thingm_send() and thingm_recv() are pretty
> > well defined to me. One reads data from the device, the other writes it.
> > 
> > With this change, whenever you read data from the device, you start by
> > overwriting its value and then read it back. Am I missing something?
> > 
> > I think you'd better add the proper mutexes around thingm_version()
> > or add the read command before thingm_send() in thingm_write_color()
> > (and please add a comment explaining why we need to read first).
> > 
> The semantical read operation consists of writing the read command and
> the actual read. If another read command should come in between then the read
> returns wrong data. Therefore I'd like to protect the complete semantical
> read operation with the mutex. I change nothing in the content or order
> of calls. 

Hmm, OK, then this explanation should go in the commit message and
please also add a comment in thingm_recv() that a read is a 2 operations
sequence.

> 
> Basically this patch changes thingm_recv from a technical read to a
> semantical read and ensures that a write read command + subsequent read
> sequence can't be interrupted by another device access.

Ack, but the mutex is not needed currently as there is no other concurrent
access that can happen (the LED are initialized after the firmware read,
which is the only user of thingm_recv()).

> 
> And it allows to move the mutex handling to the thingm_send/recv helpers
> so that we don't have to take care of it on a upper driver logic level
> thus making the code simpler.

Well, I also think that the problem lies in the ordering of the
functions in probe(). thingm_recv() is only used to fetch the firmware
version. In case of an error, the driver bails out.

The problem here is that hid_hw_start() is called before
thingm_version() which allows user space to briefly introduce races
between thingm_version() and any hidraw requests. Your mutex will not
help here as it is initialized after hid_hw_start() and only used for
protecting the concurrent access of the rgb.

In the end, I think the driver should be re-ordered as such:
- mutex_init()
- thingm_version()
- foreach leds: thingm_init_rgb()
- hid_hw_start()

I believe you don't need to call hid_device_io_start() nor call
hid_hw_start() earlier as thingm is using hid_hw_raw_request() which
does not rely on the parsing of the hid report descriptor.

Moving the mutexes in thingm_recv() will only be cosmetic given that
no one can race against thingm_version(), but at least, it will prevent
future use of thingm_recv() to race against thingm_send().

Cheers,
Benjamin

> 
> Rgds, Heiner
> 
> > Cheers,
> > Benjamin
> > 
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@gmail.com>
> >> ---
> >>  drivers/hid/hid-thingm.c | 28 +++++++++++++++++-----------
> >>  1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
> >>
> >> diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-thingm.c b/drivers/hid/hid-thingm.c
> >> index 5e35ec1..0e4b50c 100644
> >> --- a/drivers/hid/hid-thingm.c
> >> +++ b/drivers/hid/hid-thingm.c
> >> @@ -77,9 +77,13 @@ static int thingm_send(struct thingm_device *tdev, u8 buf[REPORT_SIZE])
> >>  			buf[0], buf[1], buf[2], buf[3], buf[4],
> >>  			buf[5], buf[6], buf[7], buf[8]);
> >>  
> >> +	mutex_lock(&tdev->lock);
> >> +
> >>  	ret = hid_hw_raw_request(tdev->hdev, buf[0], buf, REPORT_SIZE,
> >>  			HID_FEATURE_REPORT, HID_REQ_SET_REPORT);
> >>  
> >> +	mutex_unlock(&tdev->lock);
> >> +
> >>  	return ret < 0 ? ret : 0;
> >>  }
> >>  
> >> @@ -87,16 +91,26 @@ static int thingm_recv(struct thingm_device *tdev, u8 buf[REPORT_SIZE])
> >>  {
> >>  	int ret;
> >>  
> >> +	mutex_lock(&tdev->lock);
> >> +
> >> +	ret = hid_hw_raw_request(tdev->hdev, buf[0], buf, REPORT_SIZE,
> >> +			HID_FEATURE_REPORT, HID_REQ_SET_REPORT);
> >> +	if (ret < 0)
> >> +		goto err;
> >> +
> >>  	ret = hid_hw_raw_request(tdev->hdev, buf[0], buf, REPORT_SIZE,
> >>  			HID_FEATURE_REPORT, HID_REQ_GET_REPORT);
> >>  	if (ret < 0)
> >> -		return ret;
> >> +		goto err;
> >> +
> >> +	ret = 0;
> >>  
> >>  	hid_dbg(tdev->hdev, "<- %d %c %02hhx %02hhx %02hhx %02hhx %02hhx %02hhx %02hhx\n",
> >>  			buf[0], buf[1], buf[2], buf[3], buf[4],
> >>  			buf[5], buf[6], buf[7], buf[8]);
> >> -
> >> -	return 0;
> >> +err:
> >> +	mutex_unlock(&tdev->lock);
> >> +	return ret;
> >>  }
> >>  
> >>  static int thingm_version(struct thingm_device *tdev)
> >> @@ -104,10 +118,6 @@ static int thingm_version(struct thingm_device *tdev)
> >>  	u8 buf[REPORT_SIZE] = { REPORT_ID, 'v', 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 };
> >>  	int err;
> >>  
> >> -	err = thingm_send(tdev, buf);
> >> -	if (err)
> >> -		return err;
> >> -
> >>  	err = thingm_recv(tdev, buf);
> >>  	if (err)
> >>  		return err;
> >> @@ -135,14 +145,10 @@ static int thingm_led_set(struct led_classdev *ldev,
> >>  	struct thingm_led *led = container_of(ldev, struct thingm_led, ldev);
> >>  	int ret;
> >>  
> >> -	mutex_lock(&led->rgb->tdev->lock);
> >> -
> >>  	ret = thingm_write_color(led->rgb);
> >>  	if (ret)
> >>  		hid_err(led->rgb->tdev->hdev, "failed to write color\n");
> >>  
> >> -	mutex_unlock(&led->rgb->tdev->lock);
> >> -
> >>  	return ret;
> >>  }
> >>  
> >> -- 
> >> 2.7.1
> >>
> > 
> 

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* Re: [PATCH 3/3] hid: thingm: improve locking
  2016-03-01  8:03     ` Benjamin Tissoires
@ 2016-03-01 20:18       ` Heiner Kallweit
  2016-03-01 21:25       ` Heiner Kallweit
  1 sibling, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Heiner Kallweit @ 2016-03-01 20:18 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Benjamin Tissoires; +Cc: Jiri Kosina, Jacek Anaszewski, linux-input, linux-leds

Am 01.03.2016 um 09:03 schrieb Benjamin Tissoires:
> On Mar 01 2016 or thereabouts, Heiner Kallweit wrote:
>> Am 29.02.2016 um 23:38 schrieb Benjamin Tissoires:
>>> Hi Heiner,
>>>
>>> On Feb 29 2016 or thereabouts, Heiner Kallweit wrote:
>>>> When reading from the device the full operation including sending the
>>>> read command and the actual read should be protected by the mutex.
>>>> Facilitate this by changing the semantics of thingm_recv to include
>>>> sending the read command.
>>>
>>> I really like the cleanups of patches 1/3 and 2/3. However, this patch
>>> does not make sense to me. thingm_send() and thingm_recv() are pretty
>>> well defined to me. One reads data from the device, the other writes it.
>>>
>>> With this change, whenever you read data from the device, you start by
>>> overwriting its value and then read it back. Am I missing something?
>>>
>>> I think you'd better add the proper mutexes around thingm_version()
>>> or add the read command before thingm_send() in thingm_write_color()
>>> (and please add a comment explaining why we need to read first).
>>>
>> The semantical read operation consists of writing the read command and
>> the actual read. If another read command should come in between then the read
>> returns wrong data. Therefore I'd like to protect the complete semantical
>> read operation with the mutex. I change nothing in the content or order
>> of calls. 
> 
> Hmm, OK, then this explanation should go in the commit message and
> please also add a comment in thingm_recv() that a read is a 2 operations
> sequence.
> 
OK, will send a v2 of this patch.

>>
>> Basically this patch changes thingm_recv from a technical read to a
>> semantical read and ensures that a write read command + subsequent read
>> sequence can't be interrupted by another device access.
> 
> Ack, but the mutex is not needed currently as there is no other concurrent
> access that can happen (the LED are initialized after the firmware read,
> which is the only user of thingm_recv()).
> 
>>
>> And it allows to move the mutex handling to the thingm_send/recv helpers
>> so that we don't have to take care of it on a upper driver logic level
>> thus making the code simpler.
> 
> Well, I also think that the problem lies in the ordering of the
> functions in probe(). thingm_recv() is only used to fetch the firmware
> version. In case of an error, the driver bails out.
> 
> The problem here is that hid_hw_start() is called before
> thingm_version() which allows user space to briefly introduce races
> between thingm_version() and any hidraw requests. Your mutex will not
> help here as it is initialized after hid_hw_start() and only used for
> protecting the concurrent access of the rgb.
> 
> In the end, I think the driver should be re-ordered as such:
> - mutex_init()
> - thingm_version()
> - foreach leds: thingm_init_rgb()
> - hid_hw_start()
> 
We can't move hid_hw_start() after thingm_init_rgb() because there we
access hdev->hidraw which is still NULL at this time.
But we can move it at least after thingm_version().
I will provide a separate patch for it.

Rgds, Heiner

> I believe you don't need to call hid_device_io_start() nor call
> hid_hw_start() earlier as thingm is using hid_hw_raw_request() which
> does not rely on the parsing of the hid report descriptor.
> 
> Moving the mutexes in thingm_recv() will only be cosmetic given that
> no one can race against thingm_version(), but at least, it will prevent
> future use of thingm_recv() to race against thingm_send().
> 
> Cheers,
> Benjamin
> 
>>
>> Rgds, Heiner
>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Benjamin
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@gmail.com>
>>>> ---
>>>>  drivers/hid/hid-thingm.c | 28 +++++++++++++++++-----------
>>>>  1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-thingm.c b/drivers/hid/hid-thingm.c
>>>> index 5e35ec1..0e4b50c 100644
>>>> --- a/drivers/hid/hid-thingm.c
>>>> +++ b/drivers/hid/hid-thingm.c
>>>> @@ -77,9 +77,13 @@ static int thingm_send(struct thingm_device *tdev, u8 buf[REPORT_SIZE])
>>>>  			buf[0], buf[1], buf[2], buf[3], buf[4],
>>>>  			buf[5], buf[6], buf[7], buf[8]);
>>>>  
>>>> +	mutex_lock(&tdev->lock);
>>>> +
>>>>  	ret = hid_hw_raw_request(tdev->hdev, buf[0], buf, REPORT_SIZE,
>>>>  			HID_FEATURE_REPORT, HID_REQ_SET_REPORT);
>>>>  
>>>> +	mutex_unlock(&tdev->lock);
>>>> +
>>>>  	return ret < 0 ? ret : 0;
>>>>  }
>>>>  
>>>> @@ -87,16 +91,26 @@ static int thingm_recv(struct thingm_device *tdev, u8 buf[REPORT_SIZE])
>>>>  {
>>>>  	int ret;
>>>>  
>>>> +	mutex_lock(&tdev->lock);
>>>> +
>>>> +	ret = hid_hw_raw_request(tdev->hdev, buf[0], buf, REPORT_SIZE,
>>>> +			HID_FEATURE_REPORT, HID_REQ_SET_REPORT);
>>>> +	if (ret < 0)
>>>> +		goto err;
>>>> +
>>>>  	ret = hid_hw_raw_request(tdev->hdev, buf[0], buf, REPORT_SIZE,
>>>>  			HID_FEATURE_REPORT, HID_REQ_GET_REPORT);
>>>>  	if (ret < 0)
>>>> -		return ret;
>>>> +		goto err;
>>>> +
>>>> +	ret = 0;
>>>>  
>>>>  	hid_dbg(tdev->hdev, "<- %d %c %02hhx %02hhx %02hhx %02hhx %02hhx %02hhx %02hhx\n",
>>>>  			buf[0], buf[1], buf[2], buf[3], buf[4],
>>>>  			buf[5], buf[6], buf[7], buf[8]);
>>>> -
>>>> -	return 0;
>>>> +err:
>>>> +	mutex_unlock(&tdev->lock);
>>>> +	return ret;
>>>>  }
>>>>  
>>>>  static int thingm_version(struct thingm_device *tdev)
>>>> @@ -104,10 +118,6 @@ static int thingm_version(struct thingm_device *tdev)
>>>>  	u8 buf[REPORT_SIZE] = { REPORT_ID, 'v', 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 };
>>>>  	int err;
>>>>  
>>>> -	err = thingm_send(tdev, buf);
>>>> -	if (err)
>>>> -		return err;
>>>> -
>>>>  	err = thingm_recv(tdev, buf);
>>>>  	if (err)
>>>>  		return err;
>>>> @@ -135,14 +145,10 @@ static int thingm_led_set(struct led_classdev *ldev,
>>>>  	struct thingm_led *led = container_of(ldev, struct thingm_led, ldev);
>>>>  	int ret;
>>>>  
>>>> -	mutex_lock(&led->rgb->tdev->lock);
>>>> -
>>>>  	ret = thingm_write_color(led->rgb);
>>>>  	if (ret)
>>>>  		hid_err(led->rgb->tdev->hdev, "failed to write color\n");
>>>>  
>>>> -	mutex_unlock(&led->rgb->tdev->lock);
>>>> -
>>>>  	return ret;
>>>>  }
>>>>  
>>>> -- 
>>>> 2.7.1
>>>>
>>>
>>
> 

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* Re: [PATCH 3/3] hid: thingm: improve locking
  2016-03-01  8:03     ` Benjamin Tissoires
  2016-03-01 20:18       ` Heiner Kallweit
@ 2016-03-01 21:25       ` Heiner Kallweit
  1 sibling, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Heiner Kallweit @ 2016-03-01 21:25 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Benjamin Tissoires; +Cc: Jiri Kosina, Jacek Anaszewski, linux-input, linux-leds

Am 01.03.2016 um 09:03 schrieb Benjamin Tissoires:
> On Mar 01 2016 or thereabouts, Heiner Kallweit wrote:
>> Am 29.02.2016 um 23:38 schrieb Benjamin Tissoires:
>>> Hi Heiner,
>>>
>>> On Feb 29 2016 or thereabouts, Heiner Kallweit wrote:
>>>> When reading from the device the full operation including sending the
>>>> read command and the actual read should be protected by the mutex.
>>>> Facilitate this by changing the semantics of thingm_recv to include
>>>> sending the read command.
>>>
>>> I really like the cleanups of patches 1/3 and 2/3. However, this patch
>>> does not make sense to me. thingm_send() and thingm_recv() are pretty
>>> well defined to me. One reads data from the device, the other writes it.
>>>
>>> With this change, whenever you read data from the device, you start by
>>> overwriting its value and then read it back. Am I missing something?
>>>
>>> I think you'd better add the proper mutexes around thingm_version()
>>> or add the read command before thingm_send() in thingm_write_color()
>>> (and please add a comment explaining why we need to read first).
>>>
>> The semantical read operation consists of writing the read command and
>> the actual read. If another read command should come in between then the read
>> returns wrong data. Therefore I'd like to protect the complete semantical
>> read operation with the mutex. I change nothing in the content or order
>> of calls. 
> 
> Hmm, OK, then this explanation should go in the commit message and
> please also add a comment in thingm_recv() that a read is a 2 operations
> sequence.
> 
>>
>> Basically this patch changes thingm_recv from a technical read to a
>> semantical read and ensures that a write read command + subsequent read
>> sequence can't be interrupted by another device access.
> 
> Ack, but the mutex is not needed currently as there is no other concurrent
> access that can happen (the LED are initialized after the firmware read,
> which is the only user of thingm_recv()).
> 
>>
>> And it allows to move the mutex handling to the thingm_send/recv helpers
>> so that we don't have to take care of it on a upper driver logic level
>> thus making the code simpler.
> 
> Well, I also think that the problem lies in the ordering of the
> functions in probe(). thingm_recv() is only used to fetch the firmware
> version. In case of an error, the driver bails out.
> 
> The problem here is that hid_hw_start() is called before
> thingm_version() which allows user space to briefly introduce races
> between thingm_version() and any hidraw requests. Your mutex will not
> help here as it is initialized after hid_hw_start() and only used for
> protecting the concurrent access of the rgb.
> 
> In the end, I think the driver should be re-ordered as such:
> - mutex_init()
> - thingm_version()
> - foreach leds: thingm_init_rgb()
> - hid_hw_start()
> 
> I believe you don't need to call hid_device_io_start() nor call
> hid_hw_start() earlier as thingm is using hid_hw_raw_request() which
> does not rely on the parsing of the hid report descriptor.
> 
> Moving the mutexes in thingm_recv() will only be cosmetic given that
> no one can race against thingm_version(), but at least, it will prevent
> future use of thingm_recv() to race against thingm_send().
> 
> Cheers,
> Benjamin
> 
>>
>> Rgds, Heiner
>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Benjamin
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@gmail.com>
>>>> ---
>>>>  drivers/hid/hid-thingm.c | 28 +++++++++++++++++-----------
>>>>  1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-thingm.c b/drivers/hid/hid-thingm.c
>>>> index 5e35ec1..0e4b50c 100644
>>>> --- a/drivers/hid/hid-thingm.c
>>>> +++ b/drivers/hid/hid-thingm.c
>>>> @@ -77,9 +77,13 @@ static int thingm_send(struct thingm_device *tdev, u8 buf[REPORT_SIZE])
>>>>  			buf[0], buf[1], buf[2], buf[3], buf[4],
>>>>  			buf[5], buf[6], buf[7], buf[8]);
>>>>  
>>>> +	mutex_lock(&tdev->lock);
>>>> +
>>>>  	ret = hid_hw_raw_request(tdev->hdev, buf[0], buf, REPORT_SIZE,
>>>>  			HID_FEATURE_REPORT, HID_REQ_SET_REPORT);
>>>>  
>>>> +	mutex_unlock(&tdev->lock);
>>>> +
>>>>  	return ret < 0 ? ret : 0;
>>>>  }
>>>>  
>>>> @@ -87,16 +91,26 @@ static int thingm_recv(struct thingm_device *tdev, u8 buf[REPORT_SIZE])
>>>>  {
>>>>  	int ret;
>>>>  
>>>> +	mutex_lock(&tdev->lock);
>>>> +
>>>> +	ret = hid_hw_raw_request(tdev->hdev, buf[0], buf, REPORT_SIZE,
>>>> +			HID_FEATURE_REPORT, HID_REQ_SET_REPORT);
>>>> +	if (ret < 0)
>>>> +		goto err;
>>>> +
>>>>  	ret = hid_hw_raw_request(tdev->hdev, buf[0], buf, REPORT_SIZE,
>>>>  			HID_FEATURE_REPORT, HID_REQ_GET_REPORT);
>>>>  	if (ret < 0)
>>>> -		return ret;
>>>> +		goto err;
>>>> +
>>>> +	ret = 0;
>>>>  
>>>>  	hid_dbg(tdev->hdev, "<- %d %c %02hhx %02hhx %02hhx %02hhx %02hhx %02hhx %02hhx\n",
>>>>  			buf[0], buf[1], buf[2], buf[3], buf[4],
>>>>  			buf[5], buf[6], buf[7], buf[8]);
>>>> -
>>>> -	return 0;
>>>> +err:
>>>> +	mutex_unlock(&tdev->lock);
>>>> +	return ret;
>>>>  }
>>>>  
>>>>  static int thingm_version(struct thingm_device *tdev)
>>>> @@ -104,10 +118,6 @@ static int thingm_version(struct thingm_device *tdev)
>>>>  	u8 buf[REPORT_SIZE] = { REPORT_ID, 'v', 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 };
>>>>  	int err;
>>>>  
>>>> -	err = thingm_send(tdev, buf);
>>>> -	if (err)
>>>> -		return err;
>>>> -
>>>>  	err = thingm_recv(tdev, buf);
>>>>  	if (err)
>>>>  		return err;
>>>> @@ -135,14 +145,10 @@ static int thingm_led_set(struct led_classdev *ldev,
>>>>  	struct thingm_led *led = container_of(ldev, struct thingm_led, ldev);
>>>>  	int ret;
>>>>  
>>>> -	mutex_lock(&led->rgb->tdev->lock);
>>>> -
>>>>  	ret = thingm_write_color(led->rgb);
>>>>  	if (ret)
>>>>  		hid_err(led->rgb->tdev->hdev, "failed to write color\n");
>>>>  
>>>> -	mutex_unlock(&led->rgb->tdev->lock);
>>>> -
>>>>  	return ret;
>>>>  }
>>>>  
>>>> -- 
>>>> 2.7.1
>>>>
>>>
>>
> 

Not directly related to this discussion:
I'm preparing a patch series for adding RGB LED support to the LED core and
I'm planning to use this extension also with the hid-thingm driver.
When sending the next version of this patch series I'll set you on cc so that
you can get an idea.

Rgds, Heiner

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