On Wed, Jul 11, 2018 at 05:15:57PM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> Hi Simon,
>
> On Wed, Jul 11, 2018 at 4:52 PM Simon Horman <horms@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Fri, Jul 06, 2018 at 11:05:42AM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > > The transmit DMA workqueue is never stopped, hence the work function may
> > > be called after the port has been shut down.
> > >
> > > Fix this race condition by cancelling queued work, if any, before DMA
> > > release. Don't initialize the work if DMA initialization failed, as it
> > > won't be used anyway.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> > > --- a/drivers/tty/serial/sh-sci.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/sh-sci.c
> > > @@ -1293,6 +1293,7 @@ static void sci_tx_dma_release(struct sci_port *s)
> > > {
> > > struct dma_chan *chan = s->chan_tx_saved;
> > >
> > > + cancel_work_sync(&s->work_tx);
> > > s->chan_tx_saved = s->chan_tx = NULL;
> > > s->cookie_tx = -EINVAL;
> > > dmaengine_terminate_all(chan);
> > > @@ -1548,10 +1549,9 @@ static void sci_request_dma(struct uart_port *port)
> > > __func__, UART_XMIT_SIZE,
> > > port->state->xmit.buf, &s->tx_dma_addr);
> > >
> > > + INIT_WORK(&s->work_tx, work_fn_tx);
> > > s->chan_tx_saved = s->chan_tx = chan;
> >
> > Is it ok that work_fn_tx reads and writes s->work_tx which
>
> writes s->chan_tx?
Yes :)
> > is set after the call to INIT_WORK() ?
>
> Yes, unlike interrupt handlers, it isn't called until software kicks the
> workqueue using schedule_work(&s->work_tx);
Ok, so we are sure access is only happening on one CPU?
>
> > > }
> > > -
> > > - INIT_WORK(&s->work_tx, work_fn_tx);
> > > }
> > >
> > > chan = sci_request_dma_chan(port, DMA_DEV_TO_MEM);
>
> Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
>
> Geert
>
> --
> Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But
> when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that.
> -- Linus Torvalds
>
