This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
counter: 104-quad-8: Fix race condition between FLAG and CNTR reads
to the 4.14-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:
counter-104-quad-8-fix-race-condition-between-flag-and-cntr-reads.patch
and it can be found in the queue-4.14 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
>From 4aa3b75c74603c3374877d5fd18ad9cc3a9a62ed Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: William Breathitt Gray <william.gray@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2023 19:15:49 -0400
Subject: counter: 104-quad-8: Fix race condition between FLAG and CNTR reads
From: William Breathitt Gray <william.gray@xxxxxxxxxx>
commit 4aa3b75c74603c3374877d5fd18ad9cc3a9a62ed upstream.
The Counter (CNTR) register is 24 bits wide, but we can have an
effective 25-bit count value by setting bit 24 to the XOR of the Borrow
flag and Carry flag. The flags can be read from the FLAG register, but a
race condition exists: the Borrow flag and Carry flag are instantaneous
and could change by the time the count value is read from the CNTR
register.
Since the race condition could result in an incorrect 25-bit count
value, remove support for 25-bit count values from this driver;
hard-coded maximum count values are replaced by a LS7267_CNTR_MAX define
for consistency and clarity.
Fixes: 28e5d3bb0325 ("iio: 104-quad-8: Add IIO support for the ACCES 104-QUAD-8")
Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> # 6.1.x
Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> # 6.2.x
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230312231554.134858-1-william.gray@xxxxxxxxxx/
Signed-off-by: William Breathitt Gray <william.gray@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/iio/counter/104-quad-8.c | 10 +---------
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 9 deletions(-)
--- a/drivers/iio/counter/104-quad-8.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/counter/104-quad-8.c
@@ -64,9 +64,6 @@ static int quad8_read_raw(struct iio_dev
{
struct quad8_iio *const priv = iio_priv(indio_dev);
const int base_offset = priv->base + 2 * chan->channel;
- unsigned int flags;
- unsigned int borrow;
- unsigned int carry;
int i;
switch (mask) {
@@ -76,12 +73,7 @@ static int quad8_read_raw(struct iio_dev
return IIO_VAL_INT;
}
- flags = inb(base_offset + 1);
- borrow = flags & BIT(0);
- carry = !!(flags & BIT(1));
-
- /* Borrow XOR Carry effectively doubles count range */
- *val = (borrow ^ carry) << 24;
+ *val = 0;
/* Reset Byte Pointer; transfer Counter to Output Latch */
outb(0x11, base_offset + 1);
Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from william.gray@xxxxxxxxxx are
queue-4.14/counter-104-quad-8-fix-race-condition-between-flag-and-cntr-reads.patch
