This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled mailbox: avoid timer start from callback to the 5.9-stable tree which can be found at: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary The filename of the patch is: mailbox-avoid-timer-start-from-callback.patch and it can be found in the queue-5.9 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. commit 54ad00465dc99de209df11682bc8f5cf852b6638 Author: Jassi Brar <jaswinder.singh@xxxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri Oct 16 12:20:56 2020 -0500 mailbox: avoid timer start from callback [ Upstream commit c7dacf5b0f32957b24ef29df1207dc2cd8307743 ] If the txdone is done by polling, it is possible for msg_submit() to start the timer while txdone_hrtimer() callback is running. If the timer needs recheduling, it could already be enqueued by the time hrtimer_forward_now() is called, leading hrtimer to loudly complain. WARNING: CPU: 3 PID: 74 at kernel/time/hrtimer.c:932 hrtimer_forward+0xc4/0x110 CPU: 3 PID: 74 Comm: kworker/u8:1 Not tainted 5.9.0-rc2-00236-gd3520067d01c-dirty #5 Hardware name: Libre Computer AML-S805X-AC (DT) Workqueue: events_freezable_power_ thermal_zone_device_check pstate: 20000085 (nzCv daIf -PAN -UAO BTYPE=--) pc : hrtimer_forward+0xc4/0x110 lr : txdone_hrtimer+0xf8/0x118 [...] This can be fixed by not starting the timer from the callback path. Which requires the timer reloading as long as any message is queued on the channel, and not just when current tx is not done yet. Fixes: 0cc67945ea59 ("mailbox: switch to hrtimer for tx_complete polling") Reported-by: Da Xue <da@libre.computer> Reviewed-by: Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@xxxxxxx> Tested-by: Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@xxxxxxx> Acked-by: Jerome Brunet <jbrunet@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Tested-by: Jerome Brunet <jbrunet@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Jassi Brar <jaswinder.singh@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/drivers/mailbox/mailbox.c b/drivers/mailbox/mailbox.c index 0b821a5b2db84..3e7d4b20ab34f 100644 --- a/drivers/mailbox/mailbox.c +++ b/drivers/mailbox/mailbox.c @@ -82,9 +82,12 @@ static void msg_submit(struct mbox_chan *chan) exit: spin_unlock_irqrestore(&chan->lock, flags); - if (!err && (chan->txdone_method & TXDONE_BY_POLL)) - /* kick start the timer immediately to avoid delays */ - hrtimer_start(&chan->mbox->poll_hrt, 0, HRTIMER_MODE_REL); + /* kick start the timer immediately to avoid delays */ + if (!err && (chan->txdone_method & TXDONE_BY_POLL)) { + /* but only if not already active */ + if (!hrtimer_active(&chan->mbox->poll_hrt)) + hrtimer_start(&chan->mbox->poll_hrt, 0, HRTIMER_MODE_REL); + } } static void tx_tick(struct mbox_chan *chan, int r) @@ -122,11 +125,10 @@ static enum hrtimer_restart txdone_hrtimer(struct hrtimer *hrtimer) struct mbox_chan *chan = &mbox->chans[i]; if (chan->active_req && chan->cl) { + resched = true; txdone = chan->mbox->ops->last_tx_done(chan); if (txdone) tx_tick(chan, 0); - else - resched = true; } }