There is a deadlock in iss_net_close(), which is shown
below:
(Thread 1) | (Thread 2)
| iss_net_open()
iss_net_close() | mod_timer()
spin_lock_bh() //(1) | (wait a time)
... | iss_net_timer()
del_timer_sync() | spin_lock() //(2)
(wait timer to stop) | ...
We hold lp->lock in position (1) of thread 1 and use
del_timer_sync() to wait timer to stop, but timer handler
also need lp->lock in position (2) of thread 2. As a result,
iss_net_close() will block forever.
This patch extracts del_timer_sync() from the protection of
spin_lock_bh(), which could let timer handler to obtain
the needed lock.
Signed-off-by: Duoming Zhou <duoming@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/xtensa/platforms/iss/network.c | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
diff --git a/arch/xtensa/platforms/iss/network.c b/arch/xtensa/platforms/iss/network.c
index be3aaaad8be..48340f17e39 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/platforms/iss/network.c
+++ b/arch/xtensa/platforms/iss/network.c
@@ -403,7 +403,9 @@ static int iss_net_close(struct net_device *dev)
list_del(&opened);
spin_unlock(&opened_lock);
+ spin_unlock_bh(&lp->lock);
del_timer_sync(&lp->timer);
+ spin_lock_bh(&lp->lock);
lp->tp.close(lp);
--
2.17.1
