linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3] power_supply: power_supply_read_temp only if use

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Date:	Thu, 9 Jun 2016 11:31:37 -0400
From:	Rhyland Klein <rklein@...dia.com>
To:	Krzysztof Kozlowski <k.kozlowski@...sung.com>,
	Sebastian Reichel <sre@...nel.org>,
	Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov <dbaryshkov@...il.com>,
	"David Woodhouse" <dwmw2@...radead.org>
CC:	<linux-pm@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Jon Hunter <jonathanh@...dia.com>, <stable@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] power_supply: power_supply_read_temp only if use_cnt >
 0

On 6/9/2016 6:05 AM, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> On 06/08/2016 05:26 PM, Rhyland Klein wrote:
>> On 6/8/2016 2:35 AM, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
>>> On 06/07/2016 10:26 PM, Rhyland Klein wrote:
>>>> Change power_supply_read_temp() to use power_supply_get_property()
>>>> so that it will check the use_cnt and ensure it is > 0. The use_cnt
>>>> will be incremented at the end of __power_supply_register, so this
>>>> will block to case where get_property can be called before the supply
>>>> is fully registered. This fixes the issue show in the stack below:
>>>>
>>>> [    1.452598] power_supply_read_temp+0x78/0x80
>>>> [    1.458680] thermal_zone_get_temp+0x5c/0x11c
>>>> [    1.464765] thermal_zone_device_update+0x34/0xb4
>>>> [    1.471195] thermal_zone_device_register+0x87c/0x8cc
>>>> [    1.477974] __power_supply_register+0x364/0x424
>>>> [    1.484317] power_supply_register_no_ws+0x10/0x18
>>>> [    1.490833] bq27xxx_battery_setup+0x10c/0x164
>>>> [    1.497003] bq27xxx_battery_i2c_probe+0xd0/0x1b0
>>>> [    1.503435] i2c_device_probe+0x174/0x240
>>>> [    1.509172] driver_probe_device+0x1fc/0x29c
>>>> [    1.515167] __driver_attach+0xa4/0xa8
>>>> [    1.520643] bus_for_each_dev+0x58/0x98
>>>> [    1.526204] driver_attach+0x20/0x28
>>>> [    1.531505] bus_add_driver+0x1c8/0x22c
>>>> [    1.537067] driver_register+0x68/0x108
>>>> [    1.542630] i2c_register_driver+0x38/0x7c
>>>> [    1.548457] bq27xxx_battery_i2c_driver_init+0x18/0x20
>>>> [    1.555321] do_one_initcall+0x38/0x12c
>>>> [    1.560886] kernel_init_freeable+0x148/0x1ec
>>>> [    1.566972] kernel_init+0x10/0xfc
>>>> [    1.572101] ret_from_fork+0x10/0x40
>>>>
>>>> Also make the same change to ps_get_max_charge_cntl_limit() and
>>>> ps_get_cur_chrage_cntl_limit() to be safe. Lastly, change the return
>>>> value of power_supply_get_property() to -EAGAIN from -ENODEV if
>>>> use_cnt <= 0.
>>>>
>>>> Fixes: 297d716f6260 ("power_supply: Change ownership from driver to core")
>>>> Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
>>>> Signed-off-by: Rhyland Klein <rklein@...dia.com>
>>>> ---
>>>> v3:
>>>>  - Changed calls to ->get_property() to use common
>>>>    power_supply_get_property()
>>>>  - reworded description, added "Fixes" line
>>>>  - Changed return value of power_supply_get_property() to -EAGAIN
>>>>
>>>> v2:
>>>>  - Added cc stable
>>>>  - changed return to -EAGAIN in case of use_cnt < 1
>>>>  - Removed WARNING
>>>>  - return value check added in additional patch:
>>>>    https://lkml.org/lkml/2016/6/6/706
>>>>
>>>>  drivers/power/power_supply_core.c | 26 ++++++++++++++++----------
>>>>  1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/drivers/power/power_supply_core.c b/drivers/power/power_supply_core.c
>>>> index 456987c88baa..cccc630bd68e 100644
>>>> --- a/drivers/power/power_supply_core.c
>>>> +++ b/drivers/power/power_supply_core.c
>>>> @@ -492,7 +492,7 @@ int power_supply_get_property(struct power_supply *psy,
>>>>  			    union power_supply_propval *val)
>>>>  {
>>>>  	if (atomic_read(&psy->use_cnt) <= 0)
>>>> -		return -ENODEV;
>>>> +		return -EAGAIN;
>>>
>>> Wait, no. I was thinking of changing the return value in
>>> power_supply_read_temp() if we really want EAGAIN:
>>> ret = power_supply_get_property(...);
>>> if (ret)
>>> 	return -EAGAIN;
>>>
>>> On the other hand, here both return values look correct... the call can
>>> be executed too early (not very common) or too late after unbinding the
>>> driver (also kind of specific).
>>
>> I did have it that way, but it seemed a little weird to me, since both
>> situations use the same condition (use_cnt <= 0) to trigger. I don't
>> think we can differentiate, unless I missed something, so I'm not sure
>> if it makes sense to override the return value after calling
>> power_supply_get_property() or not.
>>
>> If I overrode the return value in get_temp, then assuming it was called
>> after unbinding, it would return the wrong thing (-EAGAIN). If we want
>> to support both EAGAIN and ENODEV, then maybe we need to use some
>> additional check to know which to return from power_supply_get_property().
> 
> Right, currently it is not possible to differentiate these two cases.
> After quick look, I think the difference with EAGAIN would be only in
> error message printed or not. It is not critical so maybe keep it with
> ENODEV?

I'm ok with that. Sebastian, are you ok with that? If so, I'll post a v4
without the -EAGAIN change.

-rhyland

> 
> Best regards,
> Krzysztof
> 


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