linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH 03/14] serial: tegra: avoid reg access when clk disabled

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Date:   Tue, 27 Aug 2019 09:29:31 +0000
From:   Krishna Yarlagadda <kyarlagadda@...dia.com>
To:     Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@...il.com>
CC:     "gregkh@...uxfoundation.org" <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        "robh+dt@...nel.org" <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        "mark.rutland@....com" <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Jonathan Hunter <jonathanh@...dia.com>,
        "Laxman Dewangan" <ldewangan@...dia.com>,
        "jslaby@...e.com" <jslaby@...e.com>,
        "linux-serial@...r.kernel.org" <linux-serial@...r.kernel.org>,
        "devicetree@...r.kernel.org" <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-tegra@...r.kernel.org" <linux-tegra@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Ahung Cheng <ahcheng@...dia.com>,
        Shardar Mohammed <smohammed@...dia.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH 03/14] serial: tegra: avoid reg access when clk disabled

> -----Original Message-----
> From: linux-tegra-owner@...r.kernel.org <linux-tegra- 
> owner@...r.kernel.org> On Behalf Of Thierry Reding
> Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2019 3:16 PM
> To: Krishna Yarlagadda <kyarlagadda@...dia.com>
> Cc: gregkh@...uxfoundation.org; robh+dt@...nel.org; 
> mark.rutland@....com; Jonathan Hunter <jonathanh@...dia.com>; Laxman 
> Dewangan <ldewangan@...dia.com>; jslaby@...e.com; linux- 
> serial@...r.kernel.org; devicetree@...r.kernel.org; linux- 
> tegra@...r.kernel.org; linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org; Ahung Cheng 
> <ahcheng@...dia.com>; Shardar Mohammed <smohammed@...dia.com>
> Subject: Re: [PATCH 03/14] serial: tegra: avoid reg access when clk 
> disabled
> 
> On Mon, Aug 12, 2019 at 04:58:12PM +0530, Krishna Yarlagadda wrote:
> > From: Ahung Cheng <ahcheng@...dia.com>
> >
> > This avoids two race conditions from the UART shutdown sequence both 
> > leading to 'Machine check error in AXI2APB' and kernel oops.
> >
> > One was that the clock was disabled before the DMA was terminated 
> > making it possible for the DMA callbacks to be called after the 
> > clock was disabled. These callbacks could write to the UART 
> > registers causing timeout.
> >
> > The second was that the clock was disabled before the UART was 
> > completely flagged as closed. This is done after the shutdown is 
> > called and a new write could be started after the clock was disabled.
> > tegra_uart_start_pio_tx could be called causing timeout.
> >
> > Given that the baud rate is reset at the end of shutdown sequence, 
> > this fix is to examine the baud rate to avoid register access from 
> > both race conditions.
> >
> > Besides, terminate the DMA before disabling the clock.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Ahung Cheng <ahcheng@...dia.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Shardar Mohammed <smohammed@...dia.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Krishna Yarlagadda <kyarlagadda@...dia.com>
> > ---
> >  drivers/tty/serial/serial-tegra.c | 17 +++++++++++------
> >  1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/serial-tegra.c
> > b/drivers/tty/serial/serial-tegra.c
> > index 93d299e..d908465 100644
> > --- a/drivers/tty/serial/serial-tegra.c
> > +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/serial-tegra.c
> > @@ -126,6 +126,8 @@ struct tegra_uart_port {
> >
> >  static void tegra_uart_start_next_tx(struct tegra_uart_port *tup); 
> > static int tegra_uart_start_rx_dma(struct tegra_uart_port *tup);
> > +static void tegra_uart_dma_channel_free(struct tegra_uart_port *tup,
> > +					bool dma_to_memory);
> >
> >  static inline unsigned long tegra_uart_read(struct tegra_uart_port *tup,
> >  		unsigned long reg)
> > @@ -458,6 +460,9 @@ static void tegra_uart_start_next_tx(struct
> tegra_uart_port *tup)
> >  	unsigned long count;
> >  	struct circ_buf *xmit = &tup->uport.state->xmit;
> >
> > +	if (WARN_ON(!tup->current_baud))
> > +		return;
> 
> Are the race conditions that you are describing something which can be 
> triggered by the user? If so, it's not a good idea to use a WARN_ON, 
> because that could lead to some userspace spamming the log with these, 
> potentially on purpose.
> 
> Thierry
> 
These are triggered by user events. I will remove WARN_ON

 KY
> > +
> >  	tail = (unsigned long)&xmit->buf[xmit->tail];
> >  	count = CIRC_CNT_TO_END(xmit->head, xmit->tail,
> UART_XMIT_SIZE);
> >  	if (!count)
> > @@ -829,6 +834,12 @@ static void tegra_uart_hw_deinit(struct
> tegra_uart_port *tup)
> >  	tup->current_baud = 0;
> >  	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&tup->uport.lock, flags);
> >
> > +	tup->rx_in_progress = 0;
> > +	tup->tx_in_progress = 0;
> > +
> > +	tegra_uart_dma_channel_free(tup, true);
> > +	tegra_uart_dma_channel_free(tup, false);
> > +
> >  	clk_disable_unprepare(tup->uart_clk);
> >  }
> >
> > @@ -1066,12 +1077,6 @@ static void tegra_uart_shutdown(struct
> uart_port *u)
> >  	struct tegra_uart_port *tup = to_tegra_uport(u);
> >
> >  	tegra_uart_hw_deinit(tup);
> > -
> > -	tup->rx_in_progress = 0;
> > -	tup->tx_in_progress = 0;
> > -
> > -	tegra_uart_dma_channel_free(tup, true);
> > -	tegra_uart_dma_channel_free(tup, false);
> >  	free_irq(u->irq, tup);
> >  }
> >
> > --
> > 2.7.4
> >