netdev - [PATCH] sfc: extend the locking on mcdi->seqno

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Date:   Tue,  1 Mar 2022 23:28:22 +0100
From:   Niels Dossche <dossche.niels@...il.com>
To:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Edward Cree <ecree.xilinx@...il.com>,
        Martin Habets <habetsm.xilinx@...il.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Niels Dossche <dossche.niels@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH] sfc: extend the locking on mcdi->seqno

seqno could be read as a stale value outside of the lock. The lock is
already acquired to protect the modification of seqno against a possible
race condition. Place the reading of this value also inside this locking
to protect it against a possible race condition.

Signed-off-by: Niels Dossche <dossche.niels@...il.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/mcdi.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/mcdi.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/mcdi.c
index be6bfd6b7ec7..50baf62b2cbc 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/mcdi.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/mcdi.c
@@ -163,9 +163,9 @@ static void efx_mcdi_send_request(struct efx_nic *efx, unsigned cmd,
 	/* Serialise with efx_mcdi_ev_cpl() and efx_mcdi_ev_death() */
 	spin_lock_bh(&mcdi->iface_lock);
 	++mcdi->seqno;
+	seqno = mcdi->seqno & SEQ_MASK;
 	spin_unlock_bh(&mcdi->iface_lock);
 
-	seqno = mcdi->seqno & SEQ_MASK;
 	xflags = 0;
 	if (mcdi->mode == MCDI_MODE_EVENTS)
 		xflags |= MCDI_HEADER_XFLAGS_EVREQ;
-- 
2.35.1