Re: [syzbot] [fs?] [usb?] INFO: rcu detected stall in vfs_readlink

[Oliver Neukum <oneukum@suse.com>]

On 22.05.23 15:01, Christian Brauner wrote:
> On Fri, May 19, 2023 at 08:18:45PM -0700, syzbot wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> syzbot found the following issue on:
>>
>> HEAD commit:    a4422ff22142 usb: typec: qcom: Add Qualcomm PMIC Type-C dr..
>> git tree:       https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/usb.git usb-testing
>> console output: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/log.txt?x=10ce218e280000
>> kernel config:  https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/.config?x=2414a945e4542ec1
>> dashboard link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=24d1639a31b024b125bd
>> compiler:       gcc (Debian 10.2.1-6) 10.2.1 20210110, GNU ld (GNU Binutils for Debian) 2.35.2
>> syz repro:      https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/repro.syz?x=137d4c06280000
>> C reproducer:   https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/repro.c?x=17b758a1280000
>>
>> Downloadable assets:
>> disk image: https://storage.googleapis.com/syzbot-assets/414817142fb7/disk-a4422ff2.raw.xz
>> vmlinux: https://storage.googleapis.com/syzbot-assets/448dba0d344e/vmlinux-a4422ff2.xz
>> kernel image: https://storage.googleapis.com/syzbot-assets/d0ad9fe848e2/bzImage-a4422ff2.xz
>>
>> IMPORTANT: if you fix the issue, please add the following tag to the commit:
>> Reported-by: syzbot+24d1639a31b024b125bd@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
>>
>> imon 1-1:0.0: imon usb_rx_callback_intf0: status(-71): ignored
>> imon 5-1:0.0: imon usb_rx_callback_intf0: status(-71): ignored
> 
> I have the strong suspicion that the usb drive is removed or some such
> nonsense. Doesn't seem an fs bug.


It hasn't been removed. On a real system it would likely be.
The device keeps returning only -EPROTO. As we are dealing with virtual
hardware that is fast enough to cause a livelock from the error
handling retrying the IO without delay.

Handling this nicely would need a real error handler with a workqueue
and some delays and evetually more drastic action like resetting the
device.

	Regards
		Oliver