The following commit has been merged into the timers/core branch of tip: Commit-ID: e0d3da982c96aeddc1bbf1cf9469dbb9ebdca657 Gitweb: https://git.kernel.org/tip/e0d3da982c96aeddc1bbf1cf9469dbb9ebdca657 Author: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> AuthorDate: Wed, 23 Nov 2022 21:18:57 +01:00 Committer: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> CommitterDate: Thu, 24 Nov 2022 15:09:12 +01:00 Bluetooth: hci_qca: Fix the teardown problem for real While discussing solutions for the teardown problem which results from circular dependencies between timers and workqueues, where timers schedule work from their timer callback and workqueues arm the timers from work items, it was discovered that the recent fix to the QCA code is incorrect. That commit fixes the obvious problem of using del_timer() instead of del_timer_sync() and reorders the teardown calls to destroy_workqueue(wq); del_timer_sync(t); This makes it less likely to explode, but it's still broken: destroy_workqueue(wq); /* After this point @wq cannot be touched anymore */ ---> timer expires queue_work(wq) <---- Results in a NULL pointer dereference deep in the work queue core code. del_timer_sync(t); Use the new timer_shutdown_sync() function to ensure that the timers are disarmed, no timer callbacks are running and the timers cannot be armed again. This restores the original teardown sequence: timer_shutdown_sync(t); destroy_workqueue(wq); which is now correct because the timer core silently ignores potential rearming attempts which can happen when destroy_workqueue() drains pending work before mopping up the workqueue. Fixes: 72ef98445aca ("Bluetooth: hci_qca: Use del_timer_sync() before freeing") Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Tested-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@xxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Anna-Maria Behnsen <anna-maria@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Luiz Augusto von Dentz <luiz.dentz@xxxxxxxxx> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/87iljhsftt.ffs@tglx Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20221123201625.435907114@xxxxxxxxxxxxx --- drivers/bluetooth/hci_qca.c | 10 ++++++++-- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/bluetooth/hci_qca.c b/drivers/bluetooth/hci_qca.c index 8df1101..ba8be8e 100644 --- a/drivers/bluetooth/hci_qca.c +++ b/drivers/bluetooth/hci_qca.c @@ -696,9 +696,15 @@ static int qca_close(struct hci_uart *hu) skb_queue_purge(&qca->tx_wait_q); skb_queue_purge(&qca->txq); skb_queue_purge(&qca->rx_memdump_q); + /* + * Shut the timers down so they can't be rearmed when + * destroy_workqueue() drains pending work which in turn might try + * to arm a timer. After shutdown rearm attempts are silently + * ignored by the timer core code. + */ + timer_shutdown_sync(&qca->tx_idle_timer); + timer_shutdown_sync(&qca->wake_retrans_timer); destroy_workqueue(qca->workqueue); - del_timer_sync(&qca->tx_idle_timer); - del_timer_sync(&qca->wake_retrans_timer); qca->hu = NULL; kfree_skb(qca->rx_skb);
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