linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 2/3] scsi: ufs: Fix a race condition btw task management request send and compl

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Date:   Sun, 31 Jan 2021 18:27:41 -0800
From:   Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@....org>
To:     Can Guo <cang@...eaurora.org>
Cc:     jaegeuk@...nel.org, asutoshd@...eaurora.org,
        nguyenb@...eaurora.org, hongwus@...eaurora.org,
        linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org, kernel-team@...roid.com,
        Alim Akhtar <alim.akhtar@...sung.com>,
        Avri Altman <avri.altman@....com>,
        "James E.J. Bottomley" <jejb@...ux.ibm.com>,
        "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>,
        Stanley Chu <stanley.chu@...iatek.com>,
        Bean Huo <beanhuo@...ron.com>,
        open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 2/3] scsi: ufs: Fix a race condition btw task
 management request send and compl

On 1/28/21 10:29 PM, Can Guo wrote:
> On second thought, actually the 1st fix alone is enough to eliminate the
> race condition. Because blk_mq_tagset_busy_iter() only iterates over all
> requests which are not in IDLE state, if blk_mq_start_request() is called
> within the protection of host spin lock, ufshcd_compl_tm() shall not run
> into the scenario where req->end_io_data is set but
> REG_UTP_TASK_REQ_DOOR_BELL
> has not been set. What do you think?

That sounds reasonable to me.

Thanks,

Bart.