linux-kernel - [PATCH v3 1/2] atm: solos-pci: Fix potential deadlock on &cli_queue

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Message-Id: <20231207122849.41798-1-dg573847474@gmail.com>
Date:   Thu,  7 Dec 2023 12:28:49 +0000
From:   Chengfeng Ye <dg573847474@...il.com>
To:     3chas3@...il.com, davem@...emloft.net, horms@...nel.org,
        kuba@...nel.org
Cc:     linux-atm-general@...ts.sourceforge.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Chengfeng Ye <dg573847474@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH v3 1/2] atm: solos-pci: Fix potential deadlock on &cli_queue_lock

As &card->cli_queue_lock is acquired under softirq context along the
following call chain from solos_bh(), other acquisition of the same
lock inside process context should disable at least bh to avoid double
lock.

<deadlock #1>
console_show()
--> spin_lock(&card->cli_queue_lock)
<interrupt>
   --> solos_bh()
   --> spin_lock(&card->cli_queue_lock)

This flaw was found by an experimental static analysis tool I am
developing for irq-related deadlock.

To prevent the potential deadlock, the patch uses spin_lock_bh()
on the card->cli_queue_lock under process context code consistently
to prevent the possible deadlock scenario.

Signed-off-by: Chengfeng Ye <dg573847474@...il.com>
---
 drivers/atm/solos-pci.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/atm/solos-pci.c b/drivers/atm/solos-pci.c
index 94fbc3abe60e..95f768b28a5e 100644
--- a/drivers/atm/solos-pci.c
+++ b/drivers/atm/solos-pci.c
@@ -449,9 +449,9 @@ static ssize_t console_show(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
 	unsigned int len;
 
-	spin_lock(&card->cli_queue_lock);
+	spin_lock_bh(&card->cli_queue_lock);
 	skb = skb_dequeue(&card->cli_queue[SOLOS_CHAN(atmdev)]);
-	spin_unlock(&card->cli_queue_lock);
+	spin_unlock_bh(&card->cli_queue_lock);
 	if(skb == NULL)
 		return sprintf(buf, "No data.\n");
 
-- 
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