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SubjectRe: [PATCH] NFC: nxp-nci: fix deadlock during firmware update
Am 2022-07-13 08:57, schrieb Krzysztof Kozlowski:
> On 12/07/2022 17:25, Michael Walle wrote:
>> During firmware update, both nxp_nci_i2c_irq_thread_fn() and
>> nxp_nci_fw_work() will hold the info_lock mutex and one will wait
>> for the other via a completion:
>>
>> nxp_nci_fw_work()
>> mutex_lock(info_lock)
>> nxp_nci_fw_send()
>> wait_for_completion(cmd_completion)
>> mutex_unlock(info_lock)
>>
>> nxp_nci_i2c_irq_thread_fn()
>> mutex_lock(info_lock)
>> nxp_nci_fw_recv_frame()
>> complete(cmd_completion)
>> mutex_unlock(info_lock)
>>
>> This will result in a -ETIMEDOUT error during firmware update (note
>> that the wait_for_completion() above is a variant with a timeout).
>>
>> Drop the lock in nxp_nci_fw_work() and instead take it after the
>> work is done in nxp_nci_fw_work_complete() when the NFC controller
>> mode
>> is switched and the info structure is updated.
>>
>> Fixes: dece45855a8b ("NFC: nxp-nci: Add support for NXP NCI chips")
>> Signed-off-by: Michael Walle <michael@walle.cc>
>> ---
>> drivers/nfc/nxp-nci/firmware.c | 5 ++---
>> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/nfc/nxp-nci/firmware.c
>> b/drivers/nfc/nxp-nci/firmware.c
>> index 119bf305c642..6a4d4aa7239f 100644
>> --- a/drivers/nfc/nxp-nci/firmware.c
>> +++ b/drivers/nfc/nxp-nci/firmware.c
>> @@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ void nxp_nci_fw_work_complete(struct nxp_nci_info
>> *info, int result)
>> struct nxp_nci_fw_info *fw_info = &info->fw_info;
>> int r;
>>
>> + mutex_lock(&info->info_lock);
>> if (info->phy_ops->set_mode) {
>> r = info->phy_ops->set_mode(info->phy_id, NXP_NCI_MODE_COLD);
>> if (r < 0 && result == 0)
>> @@ -66,6 +67,7 @@ void nxp_nci_fw_work_complete(struct nxp_nci_info
>> *info, int result)
>> release_firmware(fw_info->fw);
>> fw_info->fw = NULL;
>> }
>> + mutex_unlock(&info->info_lock);
>>
>> nfc_fw_download_done(info->ndev->nfc_dev, fw_info->name, (u32)
>> -result);
>> }
>> @@ -172,8 +174,6 @@ void nxp_nci_fw_work(struct work_struct *work)
>> fw_info = container_of(work, struct nxp_nci_fw_info, work);
>> info = container_of(fw_info, struct nxp_nci_info, fw_info);
>>
>> - mutex_lock(&info->info_lock);
>> -
>
> I am not sure this is correct. info_lock should protect members of info
> thus also info->fw_info. By removing the mutex the protection is gone.
>
> Unless you are sure that fw_info cannot be modified concurrently?

Mh, you are right. fw_info could be modified by the irq thread and
in the worker thread (and the nfc core doesn't protect against
multiple fw_download() calls)

-michael

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