Re: [PATCH] iio: hid-sensors: Fix poll_value sign check before msleep_interruptible

[srinivas pandruvada <srinivas.pandruvada@linux.intel.com>]

On Wed, 2026-07-01 at 22:43 +0700, Kittisak Boonmapa wrote:
> hid_sensor_read_poll_value() returns -EINVAL when the HID descriptor
> does not contain a Report Interval feature field.
> 
> _hid_sensor_power_state() currently treats any non-zero value as a
> valid delay and passes it to msleep_interruptible(). Since
> msleep_interruptible() takes an unsigned int, negative values are
> converted into very large delays.
> 
> Only sleep when poll_value is positive.
> 
> Fixes: 5d9854eaea77 ("iio: hid-sensor: Store restore poll and
> hysteresis on S3")
> Closes:
> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-iio/CAPr6G1qLDrgHvCNsVxj7xHxYUKkAkyo87Hq3Lfyoj3RaZ2v4dg@mail.gmail.com/
> Reported-by: Kittisak Boonmapa <goorock.goopop@gmail.com>
> Assisted-by: Anthropic:Claude Sonnet 4.6
> Signed-off-by: Kittisak Boonmapa <goorock.goopop@gmail.com>
> 
Acked-by: Srinivas Pandruvada <srinivas.pandruvada@linux.intel.com>

> ---
> The bug was discovered while implementing a custom USB HID Sensor
> (Accelerometer 3D, HID Usage 0x200073) on a Seeed XIAO nRF52840 Sense
> for use with the Linux IIO subsystem and iio-sensor-proxy.
> 
> The device intentionally omitted the Report Interval feature from its
> HID descriptor. This causes hid_sensor_read_poll_value() to return
> -EINVAL, which is then treated as a non-zero delay by
> _hid_sensor_power_state() and passed directly to
> msleep_interruptible(). Since msleep_interruptible() takes an
> unsigned int, the negative value is converted into an unintended
> sleep of approximately 49.7 days.
> 
> The issue was reproduced consistently on a Steam Deck LCD running
> Bazzite (Linux 6.17.x), and disappeared completely after adding the
> Report Interval feature to the HID descriptor, confirming the root
> cause.

Although Report interval is an optional field, every hub had it from
the beginning. 
But this change is good.

Thanks,
Srinivas



> 
> This patch changes the condition to sleep only when poll_value is
> strictly positive, avoiding unintended delays while preserving the
> existing behavior for valid poll intervals.
> 
>  drivers/iio/common/hid-sensors/hid-sensor-trigger.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/iio/common/hid-sensors/hid-sensor-trigger.c
> b/drivers/iio/common/hid-sensors/hid-sensor-trigger.c
> index 417c4ab8c1b2..20099614bb27 100644
> --- a/drivers/iio/common/hid-sensors/hid-sensor-trigger.c
> +++ b/drivers/iio/common/hid-sensors/hid-sensor-trigger.c
> @@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ static int _hid_sensor_power_state(struct
> hid_sensor_common *st, bool state)
>  	sensor_hub_get_feature(st->hsdev, st->power_state.report_id,
>  			       st->power_state.index,
>  			       sizeof(state_val), &state_val);
> -	if (state && poll_value)
> +	if (state && poll_value > 0)
>  		msleep_interruptible(poll_value * 2);
>  
>  	return 0;