This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled HID: asus: use spinlock to protect concurrent accesses to the 6.1-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: hid-asus-use-spinlock-to-protect-concurrent-accesses.patch and it can be found in the queue-6.1 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. >From 315c537068a13f0b5681d33dd045a912f4bece6f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Pietro Borrello <borrello@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2023 19:00:02 +0000 Subject: HID: asus: use spinlock to protect concurrent accesses From: Pietro Borrello <borrello@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> commit 315c537068a13f0b5681d33dd045a912f4bece6f upstream. asus driver has a worker that may access data concurrently. Proct the accesses using a spinlock. Fixes: af22a610bc38 ("HID: asus: support backlight on USB keyboards") Signed-off-by: Pietro Borrello <borrello@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230125-hid-unregister-leds-v4-4-7860c5763c38@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Benjamin Tissoires <benjamin.tissoires@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Stefan Ghinea <stefan.ghinea@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/hid/hid-asus.c | 22 +++++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/drivers/hid/hid-asus.c +++ b/drivers/hid/hid-asus.c @@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ struct asus_kbd_leds { struct hid_device *hdev; struct work_struct work; unsigned int brightness; + spinlock_t lock; bool removed; }; @@ -495,7 +496,12 @@ static void asus_kbd_backlight_set(struc { struct asus_kbd_leds *led = container_of(led_cdev, struct asus_kbd_leds, cdev); + unsigned long flags; + + spin_lock_irqsave(&led->lock, flags); led->brightness = brightness; + spin_unlock_irqrestore(&led->lock, flags); + schedule_work(&led->work); } @@ -503,8 +509,14 @@ static enum led_brightness asus_kbd_back { struct asus_kbd_leds *led = container_of(led_cdev, struct asus_kbd_leds, cdev); + enum led_brightness brightness; + unsigned long flags; - return led->brightness; + spin_lock_irqsave(&led->lock, flags); + brightness = led->brightness; + spin_unlock_irqrestore(&led->lock, flags); + + return brightness; } static void asus_kbd_backlight_work(struct work_struct *work) @@ -512,11 +524,14 @@ static void asus_kbd_backlight_work(stru struct asus_kbd_leds *led = container_of(work, struct asus_kbd_leds, work); u8 buf[] = { FEATURE_KBD_REPORT_ID, 0xba, 0xc5, 0xc4, 0x00 }; int ret; + unsigned long flags; if (led->removed) return; + spin_lock_irqsave(&led->lock, flags); buf[4] = led->brightness; + spin_unlock_irqrestore(&led->lock, flags); ret = asus_kbd_set_report(led->hdev, buf, sizeof(buf)); if (ret < 0) @@ -584,6 +599,7 @@ static int asus_kbd_register_leds(struct drvdata->kbd_backlight->cdev.brightness_set = asus_kbd_backlight_set; drvdata->kbd_backlight->cdev.brightness_get = asus_kbd_backlight_get; INIT_WORK(&drvdata->kbd_backlight->work, asus_kbd_backlight_work); + spin_lock_init(&drvdata->kbd_backlight->lock); ret = devm_led_classdev_register(&hdev->dev, &drvdata->kbd_backlight->cdev); if (ret < 0) { @@ -1119,9 +1135,13 @@ err_stop_hw: static void asus_remove(struct hid_device *hdev) { struct asus_drvdata *drvdata = hid_get_drvdata(hdev); + unsigned long flags; if (drvdata->kbd_backlight) { + spin_lock_irqsave(&drvdata->kbd_backlight->lock, flags); drvdata->kbd_backlight->removed = true; + spin_unlock_irqrestore(&drvdata->kbd_backlight->lock, flags); + cancel_work_sync(&drvdata->kbd_backlight->work); } Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from borrello@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are queue-6.1/hid-asus-use-spinlock-to-protect-concurrent-accesses.patch queue-6.1/hid-asus-use-spinlock-to-safely-schedule-workers.patch