Hello,
My static analysis tool reports a possible ABBA deadlock in the venus
driver in Linux 5.10:
venus_event_notify()
mutex_lock(&core->lock); --> line 37 (Lock A)
vdec_event_notify() --> via a function pointer
"inst->ops->event_notify(...)"
vdec_event_change()
mutex_lock(&inst->lock); --> line 1301 (Lock B)
venus_helper_vb2_buf_queue()
mutex_lock(&inst->lock); --> line 1346 (Lock B)
session_process_buf()
venus_pm_load_scale()
load_scale_v4() via a function pointer
"core->pm_ops->load_scale(...)"
mutex_lock(&core->lock); --> line 966 (Lock A)
Besides, if "core->pm_ops->load_scale(...)" is load_scale_v1():
load_scale_v1()
load_per_type()
mutex_lock(&core->lock); --> line 150 (Lock A)
When venus_event_notify() and venus_helper_vb2_buf_queue() are
concurrently executed, the deadlock can occur.
I am not quite sure whether this possible deadlock is real and how to
fix it if it is real.
Any feedback would be appreciated, thanks
Reported-by: TOTE Robot <oslab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Best wishes,
Jia-Ju Bai
