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author | Lukas Wunner <lukas@wunner.de> | 2018-06-24 10:35:18 +0200 |
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committer | Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> | 2018-06-24 14:17:26 +0200 |
commit | 836557bd58e5e65c05c73af9f6ebed885dbfccfc (patch) | |
tree | 04dd91fa220751c9b013fad06eb4cd38432f5ea0 | |
parent | 74bdf7815dfb3805a37b0bba615814063a227bf5 (diff) |
genirq: Update code comments wrt recycled thread_mask
Previously a race existed between __free_irq() and __setup_irq() wherein
the thread_mask of a just removed action could be handed out to a newly
added action and the freed irq thread would then tread on the oneshot
mask bit of the newly added irq thread in irq_finalize_oneshot():
time
| __free_irq()
| raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&desc->lock, flags);
| <remove action from linked list>
| raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&desc->lock, flags);
|
| __setup_irq()
| raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&desc->lock, flags);
| <traverse linked list to determine oneshot mask bit>
| raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&desc->lock, flags);
|
| irq_thread() of freed irq (__free_irq() waits in synchronize_irq())
| irq_thread_fn()
| irq_finalize_oneshot()
| raw_spin_lock_irq(&desc->lock);
| desc->threads_oneshot &= ~action->thread_mask;
| raw_spin_unlock_irq(&desc->lock);
v
The race was known at least since 2012 when it was documented in a code
comment by commit e04268b0effc ("genirq: Remove paranoid warnons and bogus
fixups"). The race itself is harmless as nothing touches any of the
potentially freed data after synchronize_irq().
In 2017 the race was close by commit 9114014cf4e6 ("genirq: Add mutex to
irq desc to serialize request/free_irq()"), apparently inadvertantly so
because the race is neither mentioned in the commit message nor was the
code comment updated. Make up for that.
Signed-off-by: Lukas Wunner <lukas@wunner.de>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@google.com>
Cc: Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@linux.intel.com>
Cc: linux-pci@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/32fc25aa35ecef4b2692f57687bb7fc2a57230e2.1529828292.git.lukas@wunner.de
-rw-r--r-- | kernel/irq/manage.c | 9 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/irq/manage.c b/kernel/irq/manage.c index 591cfe901162..123a227d3357 100644 --- a/kernel/irq/manage.c +++ b/kernel/irq/manage.c @@ -1025,10 +1025,7 @@ static int irq_thread(void *data) * This is the regular exit path. __free_irq() is stopping the * thread via kthread_stop() after calling * synchronize_irq(). So neither IRQTF_RUNTHREAD nor the - * oneshot mask bit can be set. We cannot verify that as we - * cannot touch the oneshot mask at this point anymore as - * __setup_irq() might have given out currents thread_mask - * again. + * oneshot mask bit can be set. */ task_work_cancel(current, irq_thread_dtor); return 0; @@ -1245,7 +1242,9 @@ __setup_irq(unsigned int irq, struct irq_desc *desc, struct irqaction *new) /* * Protects against a concurrent __free_irq() call which might wait * for synchronize_irq() to complete without holding the optional - * chip bus lock and desc->lock. + * chip bus lock and desc->lock. Also protects against handing out + * a recycled oneshot thread_mask bit while it's still in use by + * its previous owner. */ mutex_lock(&desc->request_mutex); |