Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] bus: mhi: host: Add spinlock to protect WP access when queueing TREs

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On 10/16/2023 2:46 AM, Qiang Yu wrote:

On 9/29/2023 11:22 PM, Jeffrey Hugo wrote:
On 9/24/2023 9:10 PM, Qiang Yu wrote:

On 9/22/2023 10:44 PM, Jeffrey Hugo wrote:
On 9/13/2023 2:47 AM, Qiang Yu wrote:
From: Bhaumik Bhatt <bbhatt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Protect WP accesses such that multiple threads queueing buffers for
incoming data do not race and access the same WP twice. Ensure read and write locks for the channel are not taken in succession by dropping the
read lock from parse_xfer_event() such that a callback given to client
can potentially queue buffers and acquire the write lock in that process. Any queueing of buffers should be done without channel read lock acquired
as it can result in multiple locks and a soft lockup.

Signed-off-by: Bhaumik Bhatt <bbhatt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Qiang Yu <quic_qianyu@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
  drivers/bus/mhi/host/main.c | 11 ++++++++++-
  1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/bus/mhi/host/main.c b/drivers/bus/mhi/host/main.c
index dcf627b..13c4b89 100644
--- a/drivers/bus/mhi/host/main.c
+++ b/drivers/bus/mhi/host/main.c
@@ -642,6 +642,7 @@ static int parse_xfer_event(struct mhi_controller *mhi_cntrl,
              mhi_del_ring_element(mhi_cntrl, tre_ring);
              local_rp = tre_ring->rp;
  +            read_unlock_bh(&mhi_chan->lock);

This doesn't work due to the write_lock_irqsave(&mhi_chan->lock, flags); on line 591.
Write_lock_irqsave(&mhi_chan->lock, flags) is used in case of ev_code >= MHI_EV_CC_OOB. We only read_lock/read_unlock the mhi_chan while ev_code < MHI_EV_CC_OOB.

Sorry.  OOB != EOB


I really don't like that we are unlocking the mhi_chan while still using it.  It opens up a window where the mhi_chan state can be updated between here and the client using the callback to queue a buf.

Perhaps we need a new lock that just protects the wp, and needs to be only grabbed while mhi_chan->lock is held?

Since we have employed mhi_chan lock to protect the channel and what we are concerned here is that client may queue buf to a disabled or stopped channel, can we check channel state after getting mhi_chan->lock like line 595.

We can add the check after getting write lock in mhi_gen_tre() and after getting read lock again here.

I'm not sure that is sufficient.  After you unlock to notify the client, MHI is going to manipulate the packet count and runtime_pm without the lock (648-652).  It seems like that adds additional races which won't be covered by the additional check you propose.

I don't think read_lock_bh(&mhi_chan->lock) can protect runtime_pm and the packet count here. Even if we do not unlock, mhi state and packet count can still be changed because we did not get pm_lock here, which is used in all mhi state transition function.

I also checked all places that mhi_chan->lock is grabbed, did not see packet count and runtime_pm be protected by write_lock(&mhi_chan->lock).


If you really don't like the unlock operation, we can also take a new lock. But I think we only need to add the new lock in two places, mhi_gen_tre and mhi_pm_m0_transition while mhi_chan->lock is held.

Mani, if I recall correctly, you were the architect of the locking. Do you have an opinion?



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