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Message-ID: <ff418c34-0f06-46fe-adda-4d9d8e409b6e@quicinc.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2025 14:57:13 +0530
From: Krishna Chaitanya Chundru <quic_krichai@...cinc.com>
To: Sumit Kumar <quic_sumk@...cinc.com>,
        Manivannan Sadhasivam
	<mani@...nel.org>,
        Alex Elder <elder@...nel.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman
	<gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
CC: <mhi@...ts.linux.dev>, <linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <quic_akhvin@...cinc.com>,
        <quic_skananth@...cinc.com>, <quic_vbadigan@...cinc.com>,
        Sumit Kumar
	<sumk@....qualcomm.com>, <stable@...r.kernel.org>,
        Akhil Vinod
	<akhvin@....qualcomm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] bus: mhi: ep: Fix chained transfer handling in read
 path



On 8/22/2025 2:54 PM, Sumit Kumar wrote:
> From: Sumit Kumar <sumk@....qualcomm.com>
> 
> The current implementation of mhi_ep_read_channel, in case of chained
> transactions, assumes the End of Transfer(EOT) bit is received with the
> doorbell. As a result, it may incorrectly advance mhi_chan->rd_offset
> beyond wr_offset during host-to-device transfers when EOT has not yet
> arrived. This can lead to access of unmapped host memory, causing
> IOMMU faults and processing of stale TREs.
> 
> This change modifies the loop condition to ensure mhi_queue is not empty,
> allowing the function to process only valid TREs up to the current write
> pointer. This prevents premature reads and ensures safe traversal of
> chained TREs.
> 
> Removed buf_left from the while loop condition to avoid exiting prematurely
> before reading the ring completely.
> 
> Removed write_offset since it will always be zero because the new cache
> buffer is allocated everytime.
> 
> Fixes: 5301258899773 ("bus: mhi: ep: Add support for reading from the host")
> Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
> Co-developed-by: Akhil Vinod <akhvin@....qualcomm.com>
> Signed-off-by: Akhil Vinod <akhvin@....qualcomm.com>
> Signed-off-by: Sumit Kumar <sumk@....qualcomm.com>
Reviewed-by: Krishna Chaitanya Chundru <krishna.chundru@....qualcomm.com>
> ---
> Changes in v2:
> - Use mhi_ep_queue_is_empty in while loop (Mani).
> - Remove do while loop in mhi_ep_process_ch_ring (Mani).
> - Remove buf_left, wr_offset, tr_done.
> - Haven't added Reviewed-by as there is change in logic.
> - Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250709-chained_transfer-v1-1-2326a4605c9c@quicinc.com
> ---
>   drivers/bus/mhi/ep/main.c | 37 ++++++++++++-------------------------
>   1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/bus/mhi/ep/main.c b/drivers/bus/mhi/ep/main.c
> index b3eafcf2a2c50d95e3efd3afb27038ecf55552a5..cdea24e9291959ae0a92487c1b9698dc8164d2f1 100644
> --- a/drivers/bus/mhi/ep/main.c
> +++ b/drivers/bus/mhi/ep/main.c
> @@ -403,17 +403,13 @@ static int mhi_ep_read_channel(struct mhi_ep_cntrl *mhi_cntrl,
>   {
>   	struct mhi_ep_chan *mhi_chan = &mhi_cntrl->mhi_chan[ring->ch_id];
>   	struct device *dev = &mhi_cntrl->mhi_dev->dev;
> -	size_t tr_len, read_offset, write_offset;
> +	size_t tr_len, read_offset;
>   	struct mhi_ep_buf_info buf_info = {};
>   	u32 len = MHI_EP_DEFAULT_MTU;
>   	struct mhi_ring_element *el;
> -	bool tr_done = false;
>   	void *buf_addr;
> -	u32 buf_left;
>   	int ret;
>   
> -	buf_left = len;
> -
>   	do {
>   		/* Don't process the transfer ring if the channel is not in RUNNING state */
>   		if (mhi_chan->state != MHI_CH_STATE_RUNNING) {
> @@ -426,24 +422,23 @@ static int mhi_ep_read_channel(struct mhi_ep_cntrl *mhi_cntrl,
>   		/* Check if there is data pending to be read from previous read operation */
>   		if (mhi_chan->tre_bytes_left) {
>   			dev_dbg(dev, "TRE bytes remaining: %u\n", mhi_chan->tre_bytes_left);
> -			tr_len = min(buf_left, mhi_chan->tre_bytes_left);
> +			tr_len = min(len, mhi_chan->tre_bytes_left);
>   		} else {
>   			mhi_chan->tre_loc = MHI_TRE_DATA_GET_PTR(el);
>   			mhi_chan->tre_size = MHI_TRE_DATA_GET_LEN(el);
>   			mhi_chan->tre_bytes_left = mhi_chan->tre_size;
>   
> -			tr_len = min(buf_left, mhi_chan->tre_size);
> +			tr_len = min(len, mhi_chan->tre_size);
>   		}
>   
>   		read_offset = mhi_chan->tre_size - mhi_chan->tre_bytes_left;
> -		write_offset = len - buf_left;
>   
>   		buf_addr = kmem_cache_zalloc(mhi_cntrl->tre_buf_cache, GFP_KERNEL);
>   		if (!buf_addr)
>   			return -ENOMEM;
>   
>   		buf_info.host_addr = mhi_chan->tre_loc + read_offset;
> -		buf_info.dev_addr = buf_addr + write_offset;
> +		buf_info.dev_addr = buf_addr;
>   		buf_info.size = tr_len;
>   		buf_info.cb = mhi_ep_read_completion;
>   		buf_info.cb_buf = buf_addr;
> @@ -459,16 +454,12 @@ static int mhi_ep_read_channel(struct mhi_ep_cntrl *mhi_cntrl,
>   			goto err_free_buf_addr;
>   		}
>   
> -		buf_left -= tr_len;
>   		mhi_chan->tre_bytes_left -= tr_len;
>   
> -		if (!mhi_chan->tre_bytes_left) {
> -			if (MHI_TRE_DATA_GET_IEOT(el))
> -				tr_done = true;
> -
> +		if (!mhi_chan->tre_bytes_left)
>   			mhi_chan->rd_offset = (mhi_chan->rd_offset + 1) % ring->ring_size;
> -		}
> -	} while (buf_left && !tr_done);
> +	/* Read until the some buffer is left or the ring becomes not empty */
> +	} while (!mhi_ep_queue_is_empty(mhi_chan->mhi_dev, DMA_TO_DEVICE));
>   
>   	return 0;
>   
> @@ -502,15 +493,11 @@ static int mhi_ep_process_ch_ring(struct mhi_ep_ring *ring)
>   		mhi_chan->xfer_cb(mhi_chan->mhi_dev, &result);
>   	} else {
>   		/* UL channel */
> -		do {
> -			ret = mhi_ep_read_channel(mhi_cntrl, ring);
> -			if (ret < 0) {
> -				dev_err(&mhi_chan->mhi_dev->dev, "Failed to read channel\n");
> -				return ret;
> -			}
> -
> -			/* Read until the ring becomes empty */
> -		} while (!mhi_ep_queue_is_empty(mhi_chan->mhi_dev, DMA_TO_DEVICE));
> +		ret = mhi_ep_read_channel(mhi_cntrl, ring);
> +		if (ret < 0) {
> +			dev_err(&mhi_chan->mhi_dev->dev, "Failed to read channel\n");
> +			return ret;
> +		}
>   	}
>   
>   	return 0;
> 
> ---
> base-commit: 4c06e63b92038fadb566b652ec3ec04e228931e8
> change-id: 20250709-chained_transfer-0b95f8afa487
> 
> Best regards,

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