linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] cpufreq: governor: Protect cpufreq governor

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Message-ID: <2923321.jmYcvy9DfS@aspire.rjw.lan>
Date:   Mon, 20 Aug 2018 11:07:49 +0200
From:   "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>
To:     Henry Willard <henry.willard@...cle.com>
Cc:     viresh.kumar@...aro.org, linux-pm@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] cpufreq: governor: Protect cpufreq governor_data

On Wednesday, August 15, 2018 2:01:02 AM CEST Henry Willard wrote:
> If cppc_cpufreq.ko is deleted at the same time that tuned-adm is
> changing profiles, there is a small chance that a race can occur
> between cpufreq_dbs_governor_exit() and cpufreq_dbs_governor_limits()
> resulting in a system failure when the latter tries to use
> policy->governor_data that has been freed by the former.
> 
> This patch uses gov_dbs_data_mutex to synchronize access.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Henry Willard <henry.willard@...cle.com>
> ---
>  drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_governor.c | 10 +++++++++-
>  1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_governor.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_governor.c
> index 1d50e97d49f1..43416ee55849 100644
> --- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_governor.c
> +++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_governor.c
> @@ -555,12 +555,20 @@ void cpufreq_dbs_governor_stop(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
>  
>  void cpufreq_dbs_governor_limits(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
>  {
> -	struct policy_dbs_info *policy_dbs = policy->governor_data;
> +	struct policy_dbs_info *policy_dbs;
> +
> +	/* Protect gov->gdbs_data against cpufreq_dbs_governor_exit */
> +	mutex_lock(&gov_dbs_data_mutex);
> +	policy_dbs = policy->governor_data;
> +	if (!policy_dbs)
> +		goto out;
>  
>  	mutex_lock(&policy_dbs->update_mutex);
>  	cpufreq_policy_apply_limits(policy);
>  	gov_update_sample_delay(policy_dbs, 0);
>  
>  	mutex_unlock(&policy_dbs->update_mutex);
> +out:
> +	mutex_unlock(&gov_dbs_data_mutex);
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cpufreq_dbs_governor_limits);
> 

Applied, thanks!