linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] optee: fix the dead loop problem when there is signal pending

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Date:   Mon, 26 Feb 2018 21:18:54 +0100
From:   Jens Wiklander <jens.wiklander@...aro.org>
To:     Zeng Tao <prime.zeng@...ilicon.com>
Cc:     Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        tee-dev@...ts.linaro.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] optee: fix the dead loop problem when there is signal pending

Hi Zeng Tao,

On Wed, Jan 3, 2018 at 8:30 PM, Zeng Tao <prime.zeng@...ilicon.com> wrote:
> when the current process is doing a rpc call from optee, and if there
> is a signal pending on the process, it will enter dead loop if the
> tee-supplicant is working correctly, fix the problem by breaking out
> the loop when the rpc job is finished.
>
> Signed-off-by: Zeng Tao <prime.zeng@...ilicon.com>
> ---
>  drivers/tee/optee/supp.c | 7 +++++++
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/tee/optee/supp.c b/drivers/tee/optee/supp.c
> index b4ea067..170dedb 100644
> --- a/drivers/tee/optee/supp.c
> +++ b/drivers/tee/optee/supp.c
> @@ -107,6 +107,13 @@ u32 optee_supp_thrd_req(struct tee_context *ctx, u32 func, size_t num_params,
>                 mutex_unlock(&supp->ctx_mutex);
>                 if (interruptable)
>                         break;
> +
> +               /*
> +                * if there is signal pending, and the supplicant has finished
> +                * the rpc job, we need to break out the loop
> +                */
> +               if (try_wait_for_completion(&supp->data_from_supp))
> +                       break;
>         }
>
>         ret = supp->ret;
> --
> 2.7.4
>

Since this patch was posted there has been changes (during the merge
window) to this part of the code. Please rebase, test and post again.

Thanks,
Jens