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From: Kuen-Han Tsai <khtsai@google.com>
To: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
	Felipe Balbi <balbi@ti.com>,
	 Kyungmin Park <kyungmin.park@samsung.com>
Cc: David Heidelberg <david@ixit.cz>,
	Ernest Van Hoecke <ernest.vanhoecke@toradex.com>,
	 Jon Hunter <jonathanh@nvidia.com>,
	LI Qingwu <Qing-wu.Li@leica-geosystems.com.cn>,
	 linux-usb@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	 Kuen-Han Tsai <khtsai@google.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 1/7] Revert "usb: gadget: f_ncm: Fix atomic context locking issue"
Date: Mon, 09 Mar 2026 20:04:46 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260309-f-ncm-revert-v2-1-ea2afbc7d9b2@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260309-f-ncm-revert-v2-0-ea2afbc7d9b2@google.com>

This reverts commit 0d6c8144ca4d93253de952a5ea0028c19ed7ab68.

This commit is being reverted as part of a series-wide revert.

By deferring the net_device allocation to the bind() phase, a single
function instance will spawn multiple network devices if it is symlinked
to multiple USB configurations.

This causes regressions for userspace tools (like the postmarketOS DHCP
daemon) that rely on reading the interface name (e.g., "usb0") from
configfs. Currently, configfs returns the template "usb%d", causing the
userspace network setup to fail.

Crucially, because this patch breaks the 1:1 mapping between the
function instance and the network device, this naming issue cannot
simply be patched. Configfs only exposes a single 'ifname' attribute per
instance, making it impossible to accurately report the actual interface
name when multiple underlying network devices can exist for that single
instance.

All configurations tied to the same function instance are meant to share
a single network device. Revert this change to restore the 1:1 mapping
by allocating the network device at the instance level (alloc_inst).

Reported-by: David Heidelberg <david@ixit.cz>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-usb/70b558ea-a12e-4170-9b8e-c951131249af@ixit.cz/
Fixes: 56a512a9b410 ("usb: gadget: f_ncm: align net_device lifecycle with bind/unbind")
Signed-off-by: Kuen-Han Tsai <khtsai@google.com>
---
 drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_ncm.c            | 29 +++++++++++++++-----------
 drivers/usb/gadget/function/u_ether_configfs.h | 11 +++++++++-
 drivers/usb/gadget/function/u_ncm.h            |  1 +
 3 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_ncm.c b/drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_ncm.c
index 4da19864d70b..14fc7dce6f39 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_ncm.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_ncm.c
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@ struct f_ncm {
 	u8				notify_state;
 	atomic_t			notify_count;
 	bool				is_open;
-	bool				is_connected;
 
 	const struct ndp_parser_opts	*parser_opts;
 	bool				is_crc;
@@ -865,6 +864,7 @@ static int ncm_setup(struct usb_function *f, const struct usb_ctrlrequest *ctrl)
 static int ncm_set_alt(struct usb_function *f, unsigned intf, unsigned alt)
 {
 	struct f_ncm		*ncm = func_to_ncm(f);
+	struct f_ncm_opts	*opts = func_to_ncm_opts(f);
 	struct usb_composite_dev *cdev = f->config->cdev;
 
 	/* Control interface has only altsetting 0 */
@@ -887,12 +887,13 @@ static int ncm_set_alt(struct usb_function *f, unsigned intf, unsigned alt)
 		if (alt > 1)
 			goto fail;
 
-		if (ncm->is_connected) {
-			DBG(cdev, "reset ncm\n");
-			ncm->is_connected = false;
-			gether_disconnect(&ncm->port);
-			ncm_reset_values(ncm);
-		}
+		scoped_guard(mutex, &opts->lock)
+			if (opts->net) {
+				DBG(cdev, "reset ncm\n");
+				opts->net = NULL;
+				gether_disconnect(&ncm->port);
+				ncm_reset_values(ncm);
+			}
 
 		/*
 		 * CDC Network only sends data in non-default altsettings.
@@ -925,7 +926,8 @@ static int ncm_set_alt(struct usb_function *f, unsigned intf, unsigned alt)
 			net = gether_connect(&ncm->port);
 			if (IS_ERR(net))
 				return PTR_ERR(net);
-			ncm->is_connected = true;
+			scoped_guard(mutex, &opts->lock)
+				opts->net = net;
 		}
 
 		spin_lock(&ncm->lock);
@@ -1372,14 +1374,16 @@ static int ncm_unwrap_ntb(struct gether *port,
 static void ncm_disable(struct usb_function *f)
 {
 	struct f_ncm		*ncm = func_to_ncm(f);
+	struct f_ncm_opts	*opts = func_to_ncm_opts(f);
 	struct usb_composite_dev *cdev = f->config->cdev;
 
 	DBG(cdev, "ncm deactivated\n");
 
-	if (ncm->is_connected) {
-		ncm->is_connected = false;
-		gether_disconnect(&ncm->port);
-	}
+	scoped_guard(mutex, &opts->lock)
+		if (opts->net) {
+			opts->net = NULL;
+			gether_disconnect(&ncm->port);
+		}
 
 	if (ncm->notify->enabled) {
 		usb_ep_disable(ncm->notify);
@@ -1683,6 +1687,7 @@ static struct usb_function_instance *ncm_alloc_inst(void)
 	if (!opts)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
+	opts->net = NULL;
 	opts->ncm_os_desc.ext_compat_id = opts->ncm_ext_compat_id;
 	gether_setup_opts_default(&opts->net_opts, "usb");
 
diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/function/u_ether_configfs.h b/drivers/usb/gadget/function/u_ether_configfs.h
index 25d8fb05b598..217990a266b2 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/gadget/function/u_ether_configfs.h
+++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/function/u_ether_configfs.h
@@ -327,9 +327,18 @@ out:									\
 					      char *page)			\
 	{									\
 		struct f_##_f_##_opts *opts = to_f_##_f_##_opts(item);		\
+		const char *name;						\
 										\
 		guard(mutex)(&opts->lock);					\
-		return sysfs_emit(page, "%s\n", opts->net_opts.name);		\
+		rtnl_lock();							\
+		if (opts->net_opts.ifname_set)					\
+			name = opts->net_opts.name;				\
+		else if (opts->net)						\
+			name = netdev_name(opts->net);				\
+		else								\
+			name = "(inactive net_device)";				\
+		rtnl_unlock();							\
+		return sysfs_emit(page, "%s\n", name);				\
 	}									\
 										\
 	static ssize_t _f_##_opts_ifname_store(struct config_item *item,	\
diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/function/u_ncm.h b/drivers/usb/gadget/function/u_ncm.h
index 6d7538855744..d99330fe31e8 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/gadget/function/u_ncm.h
+++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/function/u_ncm.h
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 
 struct f_ncm_opts {
 	struct usb_function_instance	func_inst;
+	struct net_device		*net;
 
 	struct gether_opts		net_opts;
 	struct config_group		*ncm_interf_group;

-- 
2.53.0.473.g4a7958ca14-goog


  reply	other threads:[~2026-03-09 12:05 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-03-09 12:04 [PATCH v2 0/7] usb: gadget: Fix net_device lifecycle with device_move Kuen-Han Tsai
2026-03-09 12:04 ` Kuen-Han Tsai [this message]
2026-03-09 12:04 ` [PATCH v2 2/7] Revert "usb: legacy: ncm: Fix NPE in gncm_bind" Kuen-Han Tsai
2026-03-09 12:04 ` [PATCH v2 3/7] Revert "usb: gadget: f_ncm: align net_device lifecycle with bind/unbind" Kuen-Han Tsai
2026-03-09 12:04 ` [PATCH v2 4/7] Revert "usb: gadget: u_ether: Add auto-cleanup helper for freeing net_device" Kuen-Han Tsai
2026-03-09 12:04 ` [PATCH v2 5/7] Revert "usb: gadget: u_ether: use <linux/hex.h> header file" Kuen-Han Tsai
2026-03-09 12:04 ` [PATCH v2 6/7] Revert "usb: gadget: u_ether: add gether_opts for config caching" Kuen-Han Tsai
2026-03-09 12:04 ` [PATCH v2 7/7] usb: gadget: f_ncm: Fix net_device lifecycle with device_move Kuen-Han Tsai
2026-03-15  5:21   ` Val Packett
2026-03-16  6:03     ` Kuen-Han Tsai
2026-03-13 12:40 ` [PATCH v2 0/7] usb: gadget: " Luca Weiss
2026-03-16  6:17   ` Kuen-Han Tsai
2026-03-16  6:35     ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-03-16  6:47       ` Kuen-Han Tsai

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