From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: From: "Malovany, Ram" To: Johan Hedberg CC: "linux-bluetooth@vger.kernel.org" Subject: RE: [PATCH v4] Bluetooth: Fix Device Scan and connection collision Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2012 08:50:18 +0000 Message-ID: <2683478DEE33CD4DAF508ABCF391F6A40B4AF312@DNCE05.ent.ti.com> References: <1342596961-3446-1-git-send-email-ramm@ti.com> <20120718082410.GA10318@x220.ger.corp.intel.com> In-Reply-To: <20120718082410.GA10318@x220.ger.corp.intel.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-bluetooth-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: > -----Original Message----- > From: Johan Hedberg [mailto:johan.hedberg@gmail.com] > Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2012 11:24 AM > To: Malovany, Ram > Cc: linux-bluetooth@vger.kernel.org > Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] Bluetooth: Fix Device Scan and connection collision > > Hi Ram, > > On Wed, Jul 18, 2012, ramm@ti.com wrote: > > During search of devices, HCI Remote Name Request Command is sent for > > every device which name was not included in inquiry result. But the > > same command is also sent during incoming connection establishing > > procedure. Function hci_check_pending_name() was fixed in order to > > handle this situation which led to a kernel crash when initiating > > an incoming connection from a device that was not found in the > > inquiry while doing a search. There is no need to continue resolving > > the next name if we get the request from the incoming connection > > procedure as it will be done upon receiving another remote name > > request complete event > > > > Signed-off-by: Ram Malovany > > --- > > net/bluetooth/hci_event.c | 21 ++++++++++++++------- > > 1 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) > > The fixes in this patch seem correct to me but there seems to be three > of them and each one could be considered independently. I'd therefore > split this into three separate patches: > > > e = hci_inquiry_cache_lookup_resolve(hdev, BDADDR_ANY, NAME_NEEDED); > > - if (hci_resolve_name(hdev, e) == 0) { > > + if (e && hci_resolve_name(hdev, e) == 0) { > > e->name_state = NAME_PENDING; > > return true; > > } > > This missing NULL check is the first fix. You might actually consider > doing: > > if (!e) > return false; > I didn't want to change the coding in this specific file , as you can see in the function: hci_inquiry_complete_evt() , calling it the same way. But I can changed them both if needed. Do you want me to ? > ... > > > e = hci_inquiry_cache_lookup_resolve(hdev, bdaddr, NAME_PENDING); > > - if (e) { > > + if (!e) > > + return; > > This is the second fix. Since it's not directly clear why it's safe to > risk not setting DISCOVERY_STOPPED in this case I'd also add a code > comment explaining it (that if there's no matching entry in the cache it > must mean that there's another pending command ongoing which we can > safely wait for). Correct I will add a short comment. > > > + } else { > > + e->name_state = NAME_NOT_KNOWN; > > } > > This missing setting back to NAME_NOT_KNOWN when name resolving fails is > the third fix. > > Please let me know if I misunderstood something or if some of these > fixes really must go into the same patch (e.g. if applying just one of > them will make the code more broken than it is now). > This patch can be split to 3 ways , and no applying only one of them would not Make the code more broken that it is right now , but it's important to integrate all of them in order to make the code more stable. I will send a new set of patches that include your comments, but I don't know if I will Change the first fix here due to the current code implementation. > Johan Thanks, Ram