linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/4] gpiolib: cdev: reduce locking in gpio_desc_to

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:   Wed, 13 Dec 2023 22:07:28 +0800
From:   Kent Gibson <warthog618@...il.com>
To:     Andy Shevchenko <andy@...nel.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org,
        brgl@...ev.pl, linus.walleij@...aro.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/4] gpiolib: cdev: reduce locking in
 gpio_desc_to_lineinfo()

On Wed, Dec 13, 2023 at 03:56:27PM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 12, 2023 at 01:42:52PM +0800, Kent Gibson wrote:
> > Reduce the time holding the gpio_lock by snapshotting the desc flags,
> > rather than testing them individually while holding the lock.
> >
> > Accept that the calculation of the used field is inherently racy, and
> > only check the availabilty of the line from pinctrl if other checks
> > pass, so avoiding the check for lines that are otherwise in use.
>
> ...
>
> > -	bool ok_for_pinctrl;
> > -	unsigned long flags;
> > +	unsigned long iflags, dflags;
>
> With a preliminary conversion to cleanup.h this whole change becomes cleaner,
> no?
>

You mean the scoped guards?  Dunno - haven't used them.
Care to provide more detail?

Cheers,
Kent.