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Message-Id: <20250627205325.250608-1-W_Armin@gmx.de>
Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2025 22:53:23 +0200
From: Armin Wolf <W_Armin@....de>
To: sre@...nel.org,
	hdegoede@...hat.com,
	ilpo.jarvinen@...ux.intel.com
Cc: linux-pm@...r.kernel.org,
	platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux@...ssschuh.net
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] power: supply: core: Add power_supply_get/set_property_direct()

Power supply extensions might want to interact with the underlying
power supply to retrieve data like serial numbers, charging status
and more. However doing so causes psy->extensions_sem to be locked
twice, possibly causing a deadlock.

Provide special variants of power_supply_get/set_property() that
ignore any power supply extensions and thus do not touch the
associated psy->extensions_sem lock.

Suggested-by: Hans de Goede <hansg@...nel.org>
Signed-off-by: Armin Wolf <W_Armin@....de>
---
 drivers/power/supply/power_supply_core.c | 82 ++++++++++++++++++++----
 include/linux/power_supply.h             |  8 +++
 2 files changed, 78 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/power/supply/power_supply_core.c b/drivers/power/supply/power_supply_core.c
index aedb20c1d276..e70ffedf1a80 100644
--- a/drivers/power/supply/power_supply_core.c
+++ b/drivers/power/supply/power_supply_core.c
@@ -1241,9 +1241,8 @@ bool power_supply_has_property(struct power_supply *psy,
 	return false;
 }
 
-int power_supply_get_property(struct power_supply *psy,
-			    enum power_supply_property psp,
-			    union power_supply_propval *val)
+static int __power_supply_get_property(struct power_supply *psy, enum power_supply_property psp,
+				       union power_supply_propval *val, bool use_extensions)
 {
 	struct power_supply_ext_registration *reg;
 
@@ -1253,10 +1252,14 @@ int power_supply_get_property(struct power_supply *psy,
 		return -ENODEV;
 	}
 
-	scoped_guard(rwsem_read, &psy->extensions_sem) {
-		power_supply_for_each_extension(reg, psy) {
-			if (power_supply_ext_has_property(reg->ext, psp))
+	if (use_extensions) {
+		scoped_guard(rwsem_read, &psy->extensions_sem) {
+			power_supply_for_each_extension(reg, psy) {
+				if (!power_supply_ext_has_property(reg->ext, psp))
+					continue;
+
 				return reg->ext->get_property(psy, reg->ext, reg->data, psp, val);
+			}
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -1267,20 +1270,49 @@ int power_supply_get_property(struct power_supply *psy,
 	else
 		return -EINVAL;
 }
+
+int power_supply_get_property(struct power_supply *psy, enum power_supply_property psp,
+			      union power_supply_propval *val)
+{
+	return __power_supply_get_property(psy, psp, val, true);
+}
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(power_supply_get_property);
 
-int power_supply_set_property(struct power_supply *psy,
-			    enum power_supply_property psp,
-			    const union power_supply_propval *val)
+/**
+ * power_supply_get_property_direct - Read a power supply property without checking for extensions
+ * @psy: The power supply
+ * @psp: The power supply property to read
+ * @val: The resulting value of the power supply property
+ *
+ * Read a power supply property without taking into account any power supply extensions registered
+ * on the given power supply. This is mostly useful for power supply extensions that want to access
+ * their own power supply as using power_supply_get_property() directly will result in a potential
+ * deadlock.
+ *
+ * Return: 0 on success or negative error code on failure.
+ */
+int power_supply_get_property_direct(struct power_supply *psy, enum power_supply_property psp,
+				     union power_supply_propval *val)
+{
+        return __power_supply_get_property(psy, psp, val, false);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(power_supply_get_property_direct);
+
+
+static int __power_supply_set_property(struct power_supply *psy, enum power_supply_property psp,
+				       const union power_supply_propval *val, bool use_extensions)
 {
 	struct power_supply_ext_registration *reg;
 
 	if (atomic_read(&psy->use_cnt) <= 0)
 		return -ENODEV;
 
-	scoped_guard(rwsem_read, &psy->extensions_sem) {
-		power_supply_for_each_extension(reg, psy) {
-			if (power_supply_ext_has_property(reg->ext, psp)) {
+	if (use_extensions) {
+		scoped_guard(rwsem_read, &psy->extensions_sem) {
+			power_supply_for_each_extension(reg, psy) {
+				if (!power_supply_ext_has_property(reg->ext, psp))
+					continue;
+
 				if (reg->ext->set_property)
 					return reg->ext->set_property(psy, reg->ext, reg->data,
 								      psp, val);
@@ -1295,8 +1327,34 @@ int power_supply_set_property(struct power_supply *psy,
 
 	return psy->desc->set_property(psy, psp, val);
 }
+
+int power_supply_set_property(struct power_supply *psy, enum power_supply_property psp,
+			      const union power_supply_propval *val)
+{
+	return __power_supply_set_property(psy, psp, val, true);
+}
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(power_supply_set_property);
 
+/**
+ * power_supply_set_property_direct - Write a power supply property without checking for extensions
+ * @psy: The power supply
+ * @psp: The power supply property to write
+ * @val: The value to write to the power supply property
+ *
+ * Write a power supply property without taking into account any power supply extensions registered
+ * on the given power supply. This is mostly useful for power supply extensions that want to access
+ * their own power supply as using power_supply_set_property() directly will result in a potential
+ * deadlock.
+ *
+ * Return: 0 on success or negative error code on failure.
+ */
+int power_supply_set_property_direct(struct power_supply *psy, enum power_supply_property psp,
+				     const union power_supply_propval *val)
+{
+	return __power_supply_set_property(psy, psp, val, false);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(power_supply_set_property_direct);
+
 int power_supply_property_is_writeable(struct power_supply *psy,
 					enum power_supply_property psp)
 {
diff --git a/include/linux/power_supply.h b/include/linux/power_supply.h
index 45468959dd98..f21f806bfb38 100644
--- a/include/linux/power_supply.h
+++ b/include/linux/power_supply.h
@@ -878,15 +878,23 @@ static inline int power_supply_is_system_supplied(void) { return -ENOSYS; }
 extern int power_supply_get_property(struct power_supply *psy,
 			    enum power_supply_property psp,
 			    union power_supply_propval *val);
+int power_supply_get_property_direct(struct power_supply *psy, enum power_supply_property psp,
+				     union power_supply_propval *val);
 #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_POWER_SUPPLY)
 extern int power_supply_set_property(struct power_supply *psy,
 			    enum power_supply_property psp,
 			    const union power_supply_propval *val);
+int power_supply_set_property_direct(struct power_supply *psy, enum power_supply_property psp,
+				     const union power_supply_propval *val);
 #else
 static inline int power_supply_set_property(struct power_supply *psy,
 			    enum power_supply_property psp,
 			    const union power_supply_propval *val)
 { return 0; }
+static inline int power_supply_set_property_direct(struct power_supply *psy,
+						   enum power_supply_property psp,
+						   const union power_supply_propval *val)
+{ return 0; }
 #endif
 extern void power_supply_external_power_changed(struct power_supply *psy);
 
-- 
2.39.5


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