From: Duoming Zhou <duoming@xxxxxxxxxx> commit 47f070a63e735bcc8d481de31be1b5a1aa62b31c upstream. There are deadlocks caused by del_timer_sync(&priv->hang_timer) and del_timer_sync(&priv->rr_timer) in grcan_close(), one of the deadlocks are shown below: (Thread 1) | (Thread 2) | grcan_reset_timer() grcan_close() | mod_timer() spin_lock_irqsave() //(1) | (wait a time) ... | grcan_initiate_running_reset() del_timer_sync() | spin_lock_irqsave() //(2) (wait timer to stop) | ... We hold priv->lock in position (1) of thread 1 and use del_timer_sync() to wait timer to stop, but timer handler also need priv->lock in position (2) of thread 2. As a result, grcan_close() will block forever. This patch extracts del_timer_sync() from the protection of spin_lock_irqsave(), which could let timer handler to obtain the needed lock. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20220425042400.66517-1-duoming@xxxxxxxxxx Fixes: 6cec9b07fe6a ("can: grcan: Add device driver for GRCAN and GRHCAN cores") Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Duoming Zhou <duoming@xxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Andreas Larsson <andreas@xxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/can/grcan.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) --- a/drivers/net/can/grcan.c +++ b/drivers/net/can/grcan.c @@ -1113,8 +1113,10 @@ static int grcan_close(struct net_device priv->closing = true; if (priv->need_txbug_workaround) { + spin_unlock_irqrestore(&priv->lock, flags); del_timer_sync(&priv->hang_timer); del_timer_sync(&priv->rr_timer); + spin_lock_irqsave(&priv->lock, flags); } netif_stop_queue(dev); grcan_stop_hardware(dev);