[PATCH] USB: Add timeout to usb_lock_device_for_reset

This patch (as555) modifies the already-awkward
usb_lock_device_for_reset routine in usbcore by adding a timeout.  The
whole point of the routine is that the caller wants to acquire some
semaphores in the wrong order; protecting against the possibility of
deadlock by timing out seems only prudent.

Signed-off-by: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/usb.c b/drivers/usb/core/usb.c
index bc966dbc6021..109f7558167a 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/core/usb.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/core/usb.c
@@ -912,7 +912,7 @@ int usb_trylock_device(struct usb_device *udev)
  * is neither BINDING nor BOUND.  Rather than sleeping to wait for the
  * lock, the routine polls repeatedly.  This is to prevent deadlock with
  * disconnect; in some drivers (such as usb-storage) the disconnect()
- * callback will block waiting for a device reset to complete.
+ * or suspend() method will block waiting for a device reset to complete.
  *
  * Returns a negative error code for failure, otherwise 1 or 0 to indicate
  * that the device will or will not have to be unlocked.  (0 can be
@@ -922,6 +922,8 @@ int usb_trylock_device(struct usb_device *udev)
 int usb_lock_device_for_reset(struct usb_device *udev,
                 struct usb_interface *iface)
 {
+        unsigned long jiffies_expire = jiffies + HZ;
+
         if (udev->state == USB_STATE_NOTATTACHED)
                 return -ENODEV;
         if (udev->state == USB_STATE_SUSPENDED)
@@ -938,6 +940,12 @@ int usb_lock_device_for_reset(struct usb_device *udev,
         }
 
         while (!usb_trylock_device(udev)) {
+
+                /* If we can't acquire the lock after waiting one second,
+                 * we're probably deadlocked */
+                if (time_after(jiffies, jiffies_expire))
+                        return -EBUSY;
+
                 msleep(15);
                 if (udev->state == USB_STATE_NOTATTACHED)
                         return -ENODEV;