[PATCH 04/10] USB: core: hub.c: use usb_control_msg_send() in a few places

[Alan Stern]

On Wed, Sep 02, 2020 at 01:01:06PM +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> There are a few calls to usb_control_msg() that can be converted to use
> usb_control_msg_send() instead, so do that in order to make the error
> checking a bit simpler and the code smaller.
> 
> Cc: Alan Stern <stern at rowland.harvard.edu>
> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh at linuxfoundation.org>

One problem in this patch...

> @@ -3896,27 +3875,14 @@ static int usb_req_set_sel(struct usb_device *udev, enum usb3_link_state state)
>  	if (u2_pel > USB3_LPM_MAX_U2_SEL_PEL)
>  		u2_pel = USB3_LPM_MAX_U2_SEL_PEL;
>  
> -	/*
> -	 * usb_enable_lpm() can be called as part of a failed device reset,
> -	 * which may be initiated by an error path of a mass storage driver.
> -	 * Therefore, use GFP_NOIO.
> -	 */
> -	sel_values = kmalloc(sizeof *(sel_values), GFP_NOIO);
> -	if (!sel_values)
> -		return -ENOMEM;
> -
> -	sel_values->u1_sel = u1_sel;
> -	sel_values->u1_pel = u1_pel;
> -	sel_values->u2_sel = cpu_to_le16(u2_sel);
> -	sel_values->u2_pel = cpu_to_le16(u2_pel);
> +	sel_values.u1_sel = u1_sel;
> +	sel_values.u1_pel = u1_pel;
> +	sel_values.u2_sel = cpu_to_le16(u2_sel);
> +	sel_values.u2_pel = cpu_to_le16(u2_pel);
>  
> -	ret = usb_control_msg(udev, usb_sndctrlpipe(udev, 0),
> -			USB_REQ_SET_SEL,
> -			USB_RECIP_DEVICE,
> -			0, 0,
> -			sel_values, sizeof *(sel_values),
> -			USB_CTRL_SET_TIMEOUT);
> -	kfree(sel_values);
> +	ret = usb_control_msg_send(udev, 0, USB_REQ_SET_SEL, USB_RECIP_DEVICE,
> +				   0, 0, &sel_values, sizeof(sel_values),
> +				   USB_CTRL_SET_TIMEOUT);

This effectively changes GFP_NOIO to GFP_KERNEL.  Probably you should
leave this particular call alone.

Alan Stern