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serial: sh-sci: fix a race of DMA submit_tx on transfer 

When DMA is enabled, sh-sci transfer begins with
 uart_start()
  sci_start_tx()
    if (cookie_tx < 0) schedule_work()
Then, starts DMA when wq scheduled, -- (A)
 process_one_work()
  work_fn_rx()
   cookie_tx = desc->submit_tx()
And finishes when DMA transfer ends, -- (B)
 sci_dma_tx_complete()
  async_tx_ack()
  cookie_tx = -EINVAL
  (possible another schedule_work())

This A to B sequence is not reentrant, since controlling variables
(for example, cookie_tx above) are not queues nor lists. So, they
must be invoked as A B A B..., otherwise results in kernel crash.

To ensure the sequence, sci_start_tx() seems to test if cookie_tx < 0
(represents "not used") to call schedule_work().
But cookie_tx will not be set (to a cookie, also means "used") until
in the middle of work queue scheduled function work_fn_tx().

This gap between the test and set allows the breakage of the sequence
under the very frequently call of uart_start().
Another gap between async_tx_ack() and another schedule_work() results
in the same issue, too.

This patch introduces a new condition "cookie_tx == 0" just to mark
it is "busy" and assign it within spin-locked region to fill the gaps.

Signed-off-by: Takashi Yoshii <takashi.yoshii.zj@renesas.com>
Reviewed-by: Guennadi Liakhovetski <g.liakhovetski@gmx.de>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Paul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org>
hifive-unleashed-5.1
Yoshii Takashi 2012-03-14 16:14:43 +09:00 committed by Paul Mundt
parent ffe0e190f6
commit 49d4bcaddc
1 changed files with 10 additions and 5 deletions
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drivers/tty/serial/sh-sci.c
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@ -1229,17 +1229,20 @@ static void sci_dma_tx_complete(void *arg)
port->icount.tx += sg_dma_len(&s->sg_tx);
async_tx_ack(s->desc_tx);
s->cookie_tx = -EINVAL;
s->desc_tx = NULL;
if (uart_circ_chars_pending(xmit) < WAKEUP_CHARS)
uart_write_wakeup(port);
if (!uart_circ_empty(xmit)) {
s->cookie_tx = 0;
schedule_work(&s->work_tx);
} else if (port->type == PORT_SCIFA || port->type == PORT_SCIFB) {
u16 ctrl = sci_in(port, SCSCR);
sci_out(port, SCSCR, ctrl & ~SCSCR_TIE);
} else {
s->cookie_tx = -EINVAL;
if (port->type == PORT_SCIFA || port->type == PORT_SCIFB) {
u16 ctrl = sci_in(port, SCSCR);
sci_out(port, SCSCR, ctrl & ~SCSCR_TIE);
}
}
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&port->lock, flags);
@ -1501,8 +1504,10 @@ static void sci_start_tx(struct uart_port *port)
}
if (s->chan_tx && !uart_circ_empty(&s->port.state->xmit) &&
s->cookie_tx < 0)
s->cookie_tx < 0) {
s->cookie_tx = 0;
schedule_work(&s->work_tx);
}
#endif
if (!s->chan_tx || port->type == PORT_SCIFA || port->type == PORT_SCIFB) {