linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] i2c: tegra: fix possible race condition after tx

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Date:	Fri, 12 Aug 2011 01:46:09 +0100
From:	Ben Dooks <ben-i2c@...ff.org>
To:	Doug Anderson <dianders@...omium.org>
Cc:	Ben Dooks <ben-linux@...ff.org>,
	Stephen Warren <swarren@...dia.com>,
	Vincent Palatin <vpalatin@...omium.org>,
	Rhyland Klein <rklein@...dia.com>,
	Jean Delvare <khali@...ux-fr.org>,
	Rakesh Iyer <riyer@...dia.com>,
	Lucas De Marchi <lucas.demarchi@...fusion.mobi>,
	linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-tegra@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] i2c: tegra: fix possible race condition after tx

On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 01:19:06PM -0700, Doug Anderson wrote:
> In tegra_i2c_fill_tx_fifo, once we have finished pushing all the bytes
> to the I2C hardware controller, the interrupt might happen before we
> have updated i2c_dev->msg_buf_remaining at the end of the function.
> Then, in tegra_i2c_isr, we will call again tegra_i2c_fill_tx_fifo
> triggering weird behaviour. This has been shown to happen under real
> conditions.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Doug Anderson <dianders@...omium.org>

ok, it seems enough acks for this to make it in to the next i2c fixes
pull I'll send at the weekend.

> ---
>  drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-tegra.c |   46 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------
>  1 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-tegra.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-tegra.c
> index 2440b74..9c5fb75 100644
> --- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-tegra.c
> +++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-tegra.c
> @@ -270,14 +270,30 @@ static int tegra_i2c_fill_tx_fifo(struct tegra_i2c_dev *i2c_dev)
>  
>  	/* Rounds down to not include partial word at the end of buf */
>  	words_to_transfer = buf_remaining / BYTES_PER_FIFO_WORD;
> -	if (words_to_transfer > tx_fifo_avail)
> -		words_to_transfer = tx_fifo_avail;
>  
> -	i2c_writesl(i2c_dev, buf, I2C_TX_FIFO, words_to_transfer);
> -
> -	buf += words_to_transfer * BYTES_PER_FIFO_WORD;
> -	buf_remaining -= words_to_transfer * BYTES_PER_FIFO_WORD;
> -	tx_fifo_avail -= words_to_transfer;
> +	/* It's very common to have < 4 bytes, so optimize that case. */
> +	if (words_to_transfer) {
> +		if (words_to_transfer > tx_fifo_avail)
> +			words_to_transfer = tx_fifo_avail;
> +
> +		/*
> +		 * Update state before writing to FIFO.  If this casues us
> +		 * to finish writing all bytes (AKA buf_remaining goes to 0) we
> +		 * have a potential for an interrupt (PACKET_XFER_COMPLETE is
> +		 * not maskable).  We need to make sure that the isr sees
> +		 * buf_remaining as 0 and doesn't call us back re-entrantly.
> +		 */
> +		buf_remaining -= words_to_transfer * BYTES_PER_FIFO_WORD;
> +		tx_fifo_avail -= words_to_transfer;
> +		i2c_dev->msg_buf_remaining = buf_remaining;
> +		i2c_dev->msg_buf = buf +
> +			words_to_transfer * BYTES_PER_FIFO_WORD;
> +		barrier();
> +
> +		i2c_writesl(i2c_dev, buf, I2C_TX_FIFO, words_to_transfer);
> +
> +		buf += words_to_transfer * BYTES_PER_FIFO_WORD;
> +	}
>  
>  	/*
>  	 * If there is a partial word at the end of buf, handle it manually to
> @@ -287,14 +303,15 @@ static int tegra_i2c_fill_tx_fifo(struct tegra_i2c_dev *i2c_dev)
>  	if (tx_fifo_avail > 0 && buf_remaining > 0) {
>  		BUG_ON(buf_remaining > 3);
>  		memcpy(&val, buf, buf_remaining);
> +
> +		/* Again update before writing to FIFO to make sure isr sees. */
> +		i2c_dev->msg_buf_remaining = 0;
> +		i2c_dev->msg_buf = NULL;
> +		barrier();
> +
>  		i2c_writel(i2c_dev, val, I2C_TX_FIFO);
> -		buf_remaining = 0;
> -		tx_fifo_avail--;
>  	}
>  
> -	BUG_ON(tx_fifo_avail > 0 && buf_remaining > 0);
> -	i2c_dev->msg_buf_remaining = buf_remaining;
> -	i2c_dev->msg_buf = buf;
>  	return 0;
>  }
>  
> @@ -411,9 +428,10 @@ static irqreturn_t tegra_i2c_isr(int irq, void *dev_id)
>  			tegra_i2c_mask_irq(i2c_dev, I2C_INT_TX_FIFO_DATA_REQ);
>  	}
>  
> -	if ((status & I2C_INT_PACKET_XFER_COMPLETE) &&
> -			!i2c_dev->msg_buf_remaining)
> +	if (status & I2C_INT_PACKET_XFER_COMPLETE) {
> +		BUG_ON(i2c_dev->msg_buf_remaining);
>  		complete(&i2c_dev->msg_complete);
> +	}
>  
>  	i2c_writel(i2c_dev, status, I2C_INT_STATUS);
>  	if (i2c_dev->is_dvc)
> -- 
> 1.7.3.1
> 
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