This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
[media] cx88: protect per-device driver list with device
to the 2.6.38-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:
cx88-protect-per-device-driver-list-with-device.patch
and it can be found in the queue-2.6.38 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <[email protected]> know about it.
>From 8a317a8760cfffa8185b56ff59fb4b6c58488d79 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jonathan Nieder <[email protected]>
Date: Sun, 1 May 2011 06:29:16 -0300
Subject: [media] cx88: protect per-device driver list with device
lock
From: Jonathan Nieder <[email protected]>
commit 8a317a8760cfffa8185b56ff59fb4b6c58488d79 upstream.
The BKL conversion of this driver seems to have gone wrong. Various
uses of the sub-device and driver lists appear to be subject to race
conditions.
In particular, some functions access drvlist without a relevant lock
held, which will race against removal of drivers. Let's start with
that --- clean up by consistently protecting dev->drvlist with
dev->core->lock, noting driver functions that require the device lock
to be held or not to be held.
After this patch, there are still some races --- e.g.,
cx8802_blackbird_remove can run between the time the blackbird driver
is acquired and the time it is used in mpeg_release, and there's a
similar race in cx88_dvb_bus_ctrl. Later patches will address the
remaining known races and the deadlock noticed by Andi. This patch
just makes the semantics clearer in preparation for those later
changes.
Based on work by Ben Hutchings <[email protected]>.
Tested-by: Andi Huber <[email protected]>
Tested-by: Marlon de Boer <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]>
---
drivers/media/video/cx88/cx88-blackbird.c | 3 ++-
drivers/media/video/cx88/cx88-dvb.c | 3 +++
drivers/media/video/cx88/cx88-mpeg.c | 11 +++++++----
drivers/media/video/cx88/cx88.h | 9 ++++++++-
4 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
--- a/drivers/media/video/cx88/cx88-blackbird.c
+++ b/drivers/media/video/cx88/cx88-blackbird.c
@@ -1122,10 +1122,11 @@ static int mpeg_release(struct file *fil
mutex_lock(&dev->core->lock);
file->private_data = NULL;
kfree(fh);
- mutex_unlock(&dev->core->lock);
/* Make sure we release the hardware */
drv = cx8802_get_driver(dev, CX88_MPEG_BLACKBIRD);
+ mutex_unlock(&dev->core->lock);
+
if (drv)
drv->request_release(drv);
--- a/drivers/media/video/cx88/cx88-dvb.c
+++ b/drivers/media/video/cx88/cx88-dvb.c
@@ -132,7 +132,10 @@ static int cx88_dvb_bus_ctrl(struct dvb_
return -EINVAL;
}
+ mutex_lock(&dev->core->lock);
drv = cx8802_get_driver(dev, CX88_MPEG_DVB);
+ mutex_unlock(&dev->core->lock);
+
if (drv) {
if (acquire){
dev->frontends.active_fe_id = fe_id;
--- a/drivers/media/video/cx88/cx88-mpeg.c
+++ b/drivers/media/video/cx88/cx88-mpeg.c
@@ -748,6 +748,8 @@ int cx8802_unregister_driver(struct cx88
dev->pci->subsystem_device, dev->core->board.name,
dev->core->boardnr);
+ mutex_lock(&dev->core->lock);
+
list_for_each_entry_safe(d, dtmp, &dev->drvlist, drvlist) {
/* only unregister the correct driver type */
if (d->type_id != drv->type_id)
@@ -755,15 +757,14 @@ int cx8802_unregister_driver(struct cx88
err = d->remove(d);
if (err == 0) {
- mutex_lock(&drv->core->lock);
list_del(&d->drvlist);
- mutex_unlock(&drv->core->lock);
kfree(d);
} else
printk(KERN_ERR "%s/2: cx8802 driver remove "
"failed (%d)\n", dev->core->name, err);
}
+ mutex_unlock(&dev->core->lock);
}
return err;
@@ -827,6 +828,8 @@ static void __devexit cx8802_remove(stru
flush_request_modules(dev);
+ mutex_lock(&dev->core->lock);
+
if (!list_empty(&dev->drvlist)) {
struct cx8802_driver *drv, *tmp;
int err;
@@ -838,9 +841,7 @@ static void __devexit cx8802_remove(stru
list_for_each_entry_safe(drv, tmp, &dev->drvlist, drvlist) {
err = drv->remove(drv);
if (err == 0) {
- mutex_lock(&drv->core->lock);
list_del(&drv->drvlist);
- mutex_unlock(&drv->core->lock);
} else
printk(KERN_ERR "%s/2: cx8802 driver remove "
"failed (%d)\n", dev->core->name, err);
@@ -848,6 +849,8 @@ static void __devexit cx8802_remove(stru
}
}
+ mutex_unlock(&dev->core->lock);
+
/* Destroy any 8802 reference. */
dev->core->dvbdev = NULL;
--- a/drivers/media/video/cx88/cx88.h
+++ b/drivers/media/video/cx88/cx88.h
@@ -496,7 +496,11 @@ struct cx8802_driver {
int (*resume)(struct pci_dev *pci_dev);
/* MPEG 8802 -> mini driver - Driver probe and configuration */
+
+ /* Caller must _not_ hold core->lock */
int (*probe)(struct cx8802_driver *drv);
+
+ /* Caller must hold core->lock */
int (*remove)(struct cx8802_driver *drv);
/* MPEG 8802 -> mini driver - Access for hardware control */
@@ -551,8 +555,9 @@ struct cx8802_dev {
/* for switching modulation types */
unsigned char ts_gen_cntrl;
- /* List of attached drivers */
+ /* List of attached drivers; must hold core->lock to access */
struct list_head drvlist;
+
struct work_struct request_module_wk;
};
@@ -675,6 +680,8 @@ int cx88_audio_thread(void *data);
int cx8802_register_driver(struct cx8802_driver *drv);
int cx8802_unregister_driver(struct cx8802_driver *drv);
+
+/* Caller must hold core->lock */
struct cx8802_driver * cx8802_get_driver(struct cx8802_dev *dev, enum
cx88_board_type btype);
/* ----------------------------------------------------------- */
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