linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] PCI: mediatek-gen3: Stop acquiring spinlocks in {suspend,resume}

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

Date:   Thu, 8 Jun 2023 12:17:34 +0200
From:   AngeloGioacchino Del Regno 
        <angelogioacchino.delregno@...labora.com>
To:     Oliver Neukum <oneukum@...e.com>, ryder.lee@...iatek.com
Cc:     jianjun.wang@...iatek.com, lpieralisi@...nel.org, kw@...ux.com,
        robh@...nel.org, bhelgaas@...gle.com, p.zabel@...gutronix.de,
        matthias.bgg@...il.com, linux-pci@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-mediatek@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] PCI: mediatek-gen3: Stop acquiring spinlocks in
 {suspend,resume}_noirq

Il 08/05/23 09:44, Oliver Neukum ha scritto:
> On 04.05.23 13:35, AngeloGioacchino Del Regno wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> looking at your patch I am afraid there is an issue.
> 
>> In mtk_pcie_suspend_noirq() and mtk_pcie_resume_noirq() we are,
>> respectively, disabling and enabling generation of interrupts and
>> then saving and restoring the enabled interrupts register: since
>> we're using noirq PM callbacks, that can be safely done without
>> holding any spin lock.
> 
> Why? You can still race with another CPU in task context.
> That is if you say that you do not need locking to touch
> PCIE_INT_ENABLE_REG that is fine, but then why do you remove
> it from one place only?
> It is also touched in mtk_pcie_probe() at a minimum.
> 
> 
>> That was noticed because of, and solves, the following issue:
>>
>> <4>[   74.185982] ========================================================
>> <4>[   74.192629] WARNING: possible irq lock inversion dependency detected
>> <4>[   74.199276] 6.3.0-next-20230428+ #51 Tainted: G        W
>> <4>[   74.205664] --------------------------------------------------------
>> <4>[   74.212309] systemd-sleep/809 just changed the state of lock:
>> <4>[   74.218347] ffff65a5c34c65a0 (&pcie->irq_lock){+...}-{2:2}, at: 
>> mtk_pcie_resume+0x50/0xa8
>> <4>[   74.226870] but this lock was taken by another, HARDIRQ-safe lock in the past:
>> <4>[   74.234389]  (&irq_desc_lock_class){-.-.}-{2:2}
>> <4>[   74.234409]
>> <4>[   74.234409]
>> <4>[   74.234409] and interrupts could create inverse lock ordering between them.
>> <4>[   74.234409]
>> <4>[   74.251704]
>> <4>[   74.251704] other info that might help us debug this:
>> <4>[   74.258785]  Possible interrupt unsafe locking scenario:
>> <4>[   74.258785]
>> <4>[   74.266126]        CPU0                    CPU1
>> <4>[   74.270942]        ----                    ----
>> <4>[   74.275758]   lock(&pcie->irq_lock);
> 
> Lock A
> 
>> <4>[   74.279627]                                local_irq_disable();
> 
> strictly speaking irrelevant
> 
>> <4>[   74.285836]                                lock(&irq_desc_lock_class);
> 
> lock B
> 
>> <4>[   74.292667]                                lock(&pcie->irq_lock);
> 
> lock A
> 
>> <4>[   74.299061]   <Interrupt>
> 
> You do not need that interrupt.
> 
>> <4>[   74.301960]     lock(&irq_desc_lock_class);
> 
> lock B
> 
>> <4>[   74.306438]
>> <4>[   74.306438]  *** DEADLOCK ***


Sorry for the very late reply. I just noticed this.

I'm unsure, at this point, about how to solve this warning; ideas?

Thanks,
Angelo