linux-kernel - [PATCH] mtd: rawnand: denali: fix a race condition when DMA is kicked

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:   Thu, 13 Sep 2018 14:58:49 +0900
From:   Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>
To:     linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org,
        Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@...tlin.com>,
        Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@...tlin.com>
Cc:     Steffen Trumtrar <s.trumtrar@...gutronix.de>,
        Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Marek Vasut <marek.vasut@...il.com>,
        Brian Norris <computersforpeace@...il.com>,
        Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>,
        David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>
Subject: [PATCH] mtd: rawnand: denali: fix a race condition when DMA is kicked

I thought the read-back of the DMA_ENABLE register was unnecessary
(at least it is working on my boards), then deleted it in commit
586a2c52909d ("mtd: nand: denali: squash denali_enable_dma() helper
into caller").  Sorry, I was wrong - it caused a timing issue on
Cyclone5 SoCFPGAs.

Revive the register read-back, commenting why this is necessary.

Fixes: 586a2c52909d ("mtd: nand: denali: squash denali_enable_dma() helper into caller")
Reported-by: Steffen Trumtrar <s.trumtrar@...gutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>
---

 drivers/mtd/nand/raw/denali.c | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/denali.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/denali.c
index 67b2065..b864b93 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/denali.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/denali.c
@@ -596,6 +596,12 @@ static int denali_dma_xfer(struct denali_nand_info *denali, void *buf,
 	}
 
 	iowrite32(DMA_ENABLE__FLAG, denali->reg + DMA_ENABLE);
+	/*
+	 * The ->setup_dma() hook kicks DMA by using the data/command
+	 * interface, which belongs to a different AXI port from the
+	 * register interface.  Read back the register to avoid a race.
+	 */
+	ioread32(denali->reg + DMA_ENABLE);
 
 	denali_reset_irq(denali);
 	denali->setup_dma(denali, dma_addr, page, write);
-- 
2.7.4