Re: [PATCH] HID: sony: fix freeze when inserting ghlive ps3/wii dongles

[Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Wed, Jun 09, 2021 at 08:25:47PM -0400, Pascal Giard wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 5, 2021 at 2:44 AM Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
> >
> > On Fri, Jun 04, 2021 at 12:10:23PM -0400, Pascal Giard wrote:
> > > This commit fixes a freeze on insertion of a Guitar Hero Live PS3/WiiU
> > > USB dongle. Indeed, with the current implementation, inserting one of
> > > those USB dongles will lead to a hard freeze. I apologize for not
> > > catching this earlier, it didn't occur on my old laptop.
> > >
> > > While the issue was isolated to memory alloc/free, I could not figure
> > > out why it causes a freeze. So this patch fixes this issue by
> > > simplifying memory allocation and usage.
> > >
> > > We remind that for the dongle to work properly, a control URB needs to
> > > be sent periodically. We used to alloc/free the URB each time this URB
> > > needed to be sent.
> > >
> > > With this patch, the memory for the URB is allocated on the probe, reused
> > > for as long as the dongle is plugged in, and freed once the dongle is
> > > unplugged.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Pascal Giard <pascal.giard@etsmtl.ca>
> > > ---
> > >  drivers/hid/hid-sony.c | 98 +++++++++++++++++++++---------------------
> > >  1 file changed, 49 insertions(+), 49 deletions(-)
> >
> > <formletter>
> >
> > This is not the correct way to submit patches for inclusion in the
> > stable kernel tree.  Please read:
> >     https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/stable-kernel-rules.html
> > for how to do this properly.
> >
> > </formletter>
> 
> Dear Greg,
> 
> I apologize for failing to follow the procedure. I had already read
> these guidelines, and I actually thought I was following Option 1 :-/

Is this commit already in Linus's tree?  If so then we just need a git
commit id and we can queue it up.

> I thought that I had to get my patch merged into next first (patch
> against dtor's git) and that by adding stable@ as CC, it would
> automatically get considered for inclusion into stable once merged
> into Linus' tree. Based on your email, I got that wrong...

It will, but you need to add that to the signed-off-by: area, as the
document says.

thanks,

greg k-h