linux-kernel - [PATCH 4.19 80/96] nfit/ars: Avoid stale ARS results

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Message-Id: <20190424170925.219653429@linuxfoundation.org>
Date:   Wed, 24 Apr 2019 19:10:25 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org,
        Krzysztof Rusocki <krzysztof.rusocki@...el.com>,
        Vishal Verma <vishal.l.verma@...el.com>,
        Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@....com>,
        Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
        Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 4.19 80/96] nfit/ars: Avoid stale ARS results

commit 78153dd45e7e0596ba32b15d02bda08e1513111e upstream.

Gate ARS result consumption on whether the OS issued start-ARS since the
previous consumption. The BIOS may only clear its result buffers after a
successful start-ARS.

Fixes: 0caeef63e6d2 ("libnvdimm: Add a poison list and export badblocks")
Cc: <stable@...r.kernel.org>
Reported-by: Krzysztof Rusocki <krzysztof.rusocki@...el.com>
Reported-by: Vishal Verma <vishal.l.verma@...el.com>
Reviewed-by: Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@....com>
Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
---
 drivers/acpi/nfit/core.c | 17 ++++++++++++++++-
 drivers/acpi/nfit/nfit.h |  1 +
 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/acpi/nfit/core.c b/drivers/acpi/nfit/core.c
index 4b489d14a680..925dbc751322 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/nfit/core.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/nfit/core.c
@@ -2540,7 +2540,10 @@ static int ars_start(struct acpi_nfit_desc *acpi_desc,
 
 	if (rc < 0)
 		return rc;
-	return cmd_rc;
+	if (cmd_rc < 0)
+		return cmd_rc;
+	set_bit(ARS_VALID, &acpi_desc->scrub_flags);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static int ars_continue(struct acpi_nfit_desc *acpi_desc)
@@ -2633,6 +2636,17 @@ static int ars_status_process_records(struct acpi_nfit_desc *acpi_desc)
 	 */
 	if (ars_status->out_length < 44)
 		return 0;
+
+	/*
+	 * Ignore potentially stale results that are only refreshed
+	 * after a start-ARS event.
+	 */
+	if (!test_and_clear_bit(ARS_VALID, &acpi_desc->scrub_flags)) {
+		dev_dbg(acpi_desc->dev, "skip %d stale records\n",
+				ars_status->num_records);
+		return 0;
+	}
+
 	for (i = 0; i < ars_status->num_records; i++) {
 		/* only process full records */
 		if (ars_status->out_length
@@ -3117,6 +3131,7 @@ static int acpi_nfit_register_regions(struct acpi_nfit_desc *acpi_desc)
 	struct nfit_spa *nfit_spa;
 	int rc;
 
+	set_bit(ARS_VALID, &acpi_desc->scrub_flags);
 	list_for_each_entry(nfit_spa, &acpi_desc->spas, list) {
 		switch (nfit_spa_type(nfit_spa->spa)) {
 		case NFIT_SPA_VOLATILE:
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/nfit/nfit.h b/drivers/acpi/nfit/nfit.h
index b5fd3522abc7..68848fc4b7c9 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/nfit/nfit.h
+++ b/drivers/acpi/nfit/nfit.h
@@ -184,6 +184,7 @@ struct nfit_mem {
 enum scrub_flags {
 	ARS_BUSY,
 	ARS_CANCEL,
+	ARS_VALID,
 	ARS_POLL,
 };
 
-- 
2.19.1