On Mon, Nov 11 2013, Alan Stern wrote:
> On Mon, 11 Nov 2013, Michal Nazarewicz wrote:
>
>> Check gadget.quirk_ep_out_aligned_size to decide if buffer size requires
>> to be aligned to maxpacketsize of an out endpoint.  ffs_epfile_io() needs
>> to pad epout buffer to match above condition if quirk is found.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Michal Nazarewicz <min...@mina86.com>
>
> I think this is still wrong.
>
>> @@ -824,7 +832,7 @@ static ssize_t ffs_epfile_io(struct file *file,
>>              req->context  = &done;
>>              req->complete = ffs_epfile_io_complete;
>>              req->buf      = data;
>> -            req->length   = len;
>> +            req->length   = data_len;
>
> IIUC, req->length should still be set to len, not to data_len.
>
>>  
>>              ret = usb_ep_queue(ep->ep, req, GFP_ATOMIC);
>>  
>> @@ -836,9 +844,16 @@ static ssize_t ffs_epfile_io(struct file *file,
>>                      ret = -EINTR;
>>                      usb_ep_dequeue(ep->ep, req);
>>              } else {
>> +                    /*
>> +                     * XXX We may end up silently droping data here.
>> +                     * Since data_len (i.e. req->length) may be bigger
>> +                     * than len (after being rounded up to maxpacketsize),
>> +                     * we may end up with more data then user space has
>> +                     * space for.
>> +                     */
>
> Then this will never come up.  If the host sends a packet that's too 
> long, you'll get a -EOVERFLOW error.
>
>>                      ret = ep->status;
>>                      if (read && ret > 0 &&
>> -                        unlikely(copy_to_user(buf, data, ret)))
>> +                        unlikely(copy_to_user(buf, data, min(ret, len))))
>>                              ret = -EFAULT;
>>              }
>>      }
>
> The reason for the quirk is that the controller may write all the 
> incoming data to the buffer, even if this is more data than the driver 
> requested.

If that's the case, then it indeed solves the problem of silently
throwing away data.  I guess it makes more sense then my understanding
of the quirk.

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