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Message-ID: <20201207115228.0a6de398@xps13>
Date:   Mon, 7 Dec 2020 11:53:30 +0100
From:   Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@...tlin.com>
To:     Xiaoming Ni <nixiaoming@...wei.com>
Cc:     <richard@....at>, <vigneshr@...com>, <tudor.ambarus@...rochip.com>,
        <tglx@...utronix.de>, <linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <stable@...r.kernel.org>,
        <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>, <wangle6@...wei.com>
Subject: Re: ping // [PATCH] mtd:cfi_cmdset_0002: fix atomic sleep bug when
 CONFIG_MTD_XIP=y

Hi Xiaoming,

Xiaoming Ni <nixiaoming@...wei.com> wrote on Mon, 7 Dec 2020 18:48:33
+0800:

> ping
> 
> On 2020/11/27 21:07, Xiaoming Ni wrote:
> > When CONFIG_MTD_XIP=y, local_irq_disable() is called in xip_disable().
> > To avoid sleep in interrupt context, we need to call local_irq_enable()
> > before schedule().
> > 
> > The problem call stack is as follows:
> > bug1:
> > 	do_write_oneword_retry()
> > 		xip_disable()
> > 			local_irq_disable()
> > 		do_write_oneword_once()
> > 			schedule()
> > bug2:
> > 	do_write_buffer()
> > 		xip_disable()
> > 			local_irq_disable()
> > 		do_write_buffer_wait()
> > 			schedule()
> > bug3:
> > 	do_erase_chip()
> > 		xip_disable()
> > 			local_irq_disable()
> > 		schedule()
> > bug4:
> > 	do_erase_oneblock()
> > 		xip_disable()
> > 			local_irq_disable()
> > 		schedule()
> > 
> > Fixes: 02b15e343aee ("[MTD] XIP for AMD CFI flash.")
> > Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org # v2.6.13
> > Signed-off-by: Xiaoming Ni <nixiaoming@...wei.com>
> > ---
> >   drivers/mtd/chips/cfi_cmdset_0002.c | 16 ++++++++++++++++
> >   1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/mtd/chips/cfi_cmdset_0002.c b/drivers/mtd/chips/cfi_cmdset_0002.c
> > index a1f3e1031c3d..12c3776f093a 100644
> > --- a/drivers/mtd/chips/cfi_cmdset_0002.c
> > +++ b/drivers/mtd/chips/cfi_cmdset_0002.c
> > @@ -1682,7 +1682,11 @@ static int __xipram do_write_oneword_once(struct map_info *map,
> >   			set_current_state(TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
> >   			add_wait_queue(&chip->wq, &wait);
> >   			mutex_unlock(&chip->mutex);
> > +			if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MTD_XIP))
> > +				local_irq_enable();
> >   			schedule();
> > +			if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MTD_XIP))
> > +				local_irq_disable();

The fix really seems strange to me. I will let Vignesh decide but I
think we should consider updating/fixing xip_disable instead.

> >   			remove_wait_queue(&chip->wq, &wait);
> >   			timeo = jiffies + (HZ / 2); /* FIXME */
> >   			mutex_lock(&chip->mutex);
> > @@ -1962,7 +1966,11 @@ static int __xipram do_write_buffer_wait(struct map_info *map,
> >   			set_current_state(TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
> >   			add_wait_queue(&chip->wq, &wait);
> >   			mutex_unlock(&chip->mutex);
> > +			if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MTD_XIP))
> > +				local_irq_enable();
> >   			schedule();
> > +			if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MTD_XIP))
> > +				local_irq_disable();
> >   			remove_wait_queue(&chip->wq, &wait);
> >   			timeo = jiffies + (HZ / 2); /* FIXME */
> >   			mutex_lock(&chip->mutex);
> > @@ -2461,7 +2469,11 @@ static int __xipram do_erase_chip(struct map_info *map, struct flchip *chip)
> >   			set_current_state(TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
> >   			add_wait_queue(&chip->wq, &wait);
> >   			mutex_unlock(&chip->mutex);
> > +			if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MTD_XIP))
> > +				local_irq_enable();
> >   			schedule();
> > +			if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MTD_XIP))
> > +				local_irq_disable();
> >   			remove_wait_queue(&chip->wq, &wait);
> >   			mutex_lock(&chip->mutex);
> >   			continue;
> > @@ -2560,7 +2572,11 @@ static int __xipram do_erase_oneblock(struct map_info *map, struct flchip *chip,
> >   			set_current_state(TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
> >   			add_wait_queue(&chip->wq, &wait);
> >   			mutex_unlock(&chip->mutex);
> > +			if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MTD_XIP))
> > +				local_irq_enable();
> >   			schedule();
> > +			if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MTD_XIP))
> > +				local_irq_disable();
> >   			remove_wait_queue(&chip->wq, &wait);
> >   			mutex_lock(&chip->mutex);
> >   			continue;
> >   
> 

Thanks,
Miquèl