Commit 7e7c005b4b1f ("rtc: disable uie before setting time and enable after") was introduced to solve problem that rtc_timer_do_work will loop for a while, when setting the time in the future with the uie timer enabled. But reading uie timer state and setting rtc time are not in a critical section, a race condition may occur in rtc_set_time which has two issues: 1) In the above scenario, rtc_timer_do_work may still loop for a while. For example consider the following sequence: CPU0 CPU1 ---- ---- ioctl(RTC_SET_TIME) ioctl(RTC_UIE_ON) uie = rtc->uie_rtctimer.enabled; [ assume uie is 0 ] if (uie) rtc_update_irq_enable(rtc, 0); rtc_update_irq_enable(rtc, 1); [ uie is enabled ] rtc->ops->set_time(); [ set rtc time in the future ] 2) A thread try to turn off uie, however rtc_settime called by another thread turns on uie when they run in parallel. Consider the following sequence: CPU0 CPU1 ---- ---- ioctl(RTC_SET_TIME) ioctl(RTC_UIE_OFF) rtc->ops->set_time(); rtc_update_irq_enable(rtc, 0); rtc_update_irq_enable(rtc, 1); Fix it by guaranteeing that reading uie timer state, setting rtc time and enabling uie timer within a critical section. Fixes: 7e7c005b4b1f ("rtc: disable uie before setting time and enable after") Signed-off-by: Yu Liao <liaoyu15@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/rtc/interface.c | 22 +++++++++++++--------- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/rtc/interface.c b/drivers/rtc/interface.c index bc55dd31bece..ef78e2977330 100644 --- a/drivers/rtc/interface.c +++ b/drivers/rtc/interface.c @@ -139,21 +139,23 @@ int rtc_set_time(struct rtc_device *rtc, struct rtc_time *tm) rtc_subtract_offset(rtc, tm); + err = mutex_lock_interruptible(&rtc->ops_lock); + if (err) + return err; + #ifdef CONFIG_RTC_INTF_DEV_UIE_EMUL uie = rtc->uie_rtctimer.enabled || rtc->uie_irq_active; #else uie = rtc->uie_rtctimer.enabled; #endif if (uie) { - err = rtc_update_irq_enable(rtc, 0); - if (err) + err = __rtc_update_irq_enable(rtc, 0); + if (err) { + mutex_unlock(&rtc->ops_lock); return err; + } } - err = mutex_lock_interruptible(&rtc->ops_lock); - if (err) - return err; - if (!rtc->ops) err = -ENODEV; else if (rtc->ops->set_time) @@ -162,15 +164,17 @@ int rtc_set_time(struct rtc_device *rtc, struct rtc_time *tm) err = -EINVAL; pm_stay_awake(rtc->dev.parent); - mutex_unlock(&rtc->ops_lock); /* A timer might have just expired */ schedule_work(&rtc->irqwork); if (uie) { - err = rtc_update_irq_enable(rtc, 1); - if (err) + err = __rtc_update_irq_enable(rtc, 1); + if (err) { + mutex_unlock(&rtc->ops_lock); return err; + } } + mutex_unlock(&rtc->ops_lock); trace_rtc_set_time(rtc_tm_to_time64(tm), err); return err; -- 2.25.1