linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] platform/chrome: cros_ec_proto: Lock device when updating MKBP version

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Message-ID: <CAMxeMi3AQJwpEkHaE9U+=dRjbaTfX+TRe1w8myEgSR3Z8GfnuQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2024 12:55:19 +0200
From: Patryk Duda <patrykd@...gle.com>
To: Tzung-Bi Shih <tzungbi@...nel.org>
Cc: Guenter Roeck <groeck@...omium.org>, Benson Leung <bleung@...omium.org>, 
	chrome-platform@...ts.linux.dev, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] platform/chrome: cros_ec_proto: Lock device when updating
 MKBP version

On Tue, Jul 30, 2024 at 12:14 PM Tzung-Bi Shih <tzungbi@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Jul 30, 2024 at 10:05:16AM +0200, Patryk Duda wrote:
> > On Tue, Jul 30, 2024 at 8:04 AM Tzung-Bi Shih <tzungbi@...nel.org> wrote:
> > > On Mon, Jul 29, 2024 at 01:57:09PM +0200, Patryk Duda wrote:
> > > > On Mon, Jul 29, 2024 at 5:47 AM Tzung-Bi Shih <tzungbi@...nel.org> wrote:
> > > > > Also, the patch also needs an unlock at [1].
> > > > >
> > > > > [1]: https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.10/source/drivers/platform/chrome/cros_ec_proto.c#L819
> > > >
> > > > Yeah. I'll fix it in v2
> > >
> > > I'm wondering if it's simpler to just lock and unlock around calling
> > > cros_ec_get_host_command_version_mask().  What do you think?
> > >
> > Initially, I thought it would be good to keep ec_dev->mkbp_event_supported
> > update under the mutex (similar to cros_ec_query_all() which is called with
> > locked mutex), but mkbp_event_supported is also used without locked mutex.
> >
> > I don't see any obvious risks with updating the MKBP version outside mutex.
> > Do you want me to change it?
>
> Yes.
Fixed in v3: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20240730104425.607083-1-patrykd@google.com