This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
ALSA: Fix deadlocks with kctl removals at disconnection
to the 5.15-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:
alsa-fix-deadlocks-with-kctl-removals-at-disconnection.patch
and it can be found in the queue-5.15 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
>From 87988a534d8e12f2e6fc01fe63e6c1925dc5307c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@xxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 10 May 2024 12:14:23 +0200
Subject: ALSA: Fix deadlocks with kctl removals at disconnection
From: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@xxxxxxx>
commit 87988a534d8e12f2e6fc01fe63e6c1925dc5307c upstream.
In snd_card_disconnect(), we set card->shutdown flag at the beginning,
call callbacks and do sync for card->power_ref_sleep waiters at the
end. The callback may delete a kctl element, and this can lead to a
deadlock when the device was in the suspended state. Namely:
* A process waits for the power up at snd_power_ref_and_wait() in
snd_ctl_info() or read/write() inside card->controls_rwsem.
* The system gets disconnected meanwhile, and the driver tries to
delete a kctl via snd_ctl_remove*(); it tries to take
card->controls_rwsem again, but this is already locked by the
above. Since the sleeper isn't woken up, this deadlocks.
An easy fix is to wake up sleepers before processing the driver
disconnect callbacks but right after setting the card->shutdown flag.
Then all sleepers will abort immediately, and the code flows again.
So, basically this patch moves the wait_event() call at the right
timing. While we're at it, just to be sure, call wait_event_all()
instead of wait_event(), although we don't use exclusive events on
this queue for now.
Link: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=218816
Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Jaroslav Kysela <perex@xxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240510101424.6279-1-tiwai@xxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
sound/core/init.c | 9 ++++++++-
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
--- a/sound/core/init.c
+++ b/sound/core/init.c
@@ -508,6 +508,14 @@ int snd_card_disconnect(struct snd_card
}
spin_unlock(&card->files_lock);
+#ifdef CONFIG_PM
+ /* wake up sleepers here before other callbacks for avoiding potential
+ * deadlocks with other locks (e.g. in kctls);
+ * then this notifies the shutdown and sleepers would abort immediately
+ */
+ wake_up_all(&card->power_sleep);
+#endif
+
/* notify all connected devices about disconnection */
/* at this point, they cannot respond to any calls except release() */
@@ -535,7 +543,6 @@ int snd_card_disconnect(struct snd_card
mutex_unlock(&snd_card_mutex);
#ifdef CONFIG_PM
- wake_up(&card->power_sleep);
snd_power_sync_ref(card);
#endif
return 0;
Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from tiwai@xxxxxxx are
queue-5.15/alsa-fix-deadlocks-with-kctl-removals-at-disconnection.patch
queue-5.15/alsa-core-fix-null-module-pointer-assignment-at-card-init.patch
queue-5.15/alsa-timer-set-lower-bound-of-start-tick-time.patch
