spi_sync call uses its spi_message parameter to keep completion information, having this structure static is not thread-safe, potentially causing one thread having pointers to memory on or above other threads stack. use mutex to prevent multiple access
Signed-off-by: Pavel Herrmann <morpheus.i...@gmail.com> Acked-by: Russell King <rmk+ker...@arm.linux.org.uk> Acked-by: Pavel Machek <pa...@ucw.cz> Acked-by: Marek Vasut <marek.va...@gmail.com> Acked-by: Cyril Hrubis <me...@ucw.cz> --- drivers/hwmon/max1111.c | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/max1111.c b/drivers/hwmon/max1111.c index 12a54aa..d872f57 100644 --- a/drivers/hwmon/max1111.c +++ b/drivers/hwmon/max1111.c @@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ struct max1111_data { struct spi_transfer xfer[2]; uint8_t *tx_buf; uint8_t *rx_buf; + struct mutex msg_lock_mutex; }; static int max1111_read(struct device *dev, int channel) @@ -48,6 +49,11 @@ static int max1111_read(struct device *dev, int channel) uint8_t v1, v2; int err; + /* spi_sync requires data not to be freed before function returns + * for static data, any access is dangerous, use locks + */ + mutex_lock(&data->msg_lock_mutex); + data->tx_buf[0] = (channel << MAX1111_CTRL_SEL_SH) | MAX1111_CTRL_PD0 | MAX1111_CTRL_PD1 | MAX1111_CTRL_SGL | MAX1111_CTRL_UNI | MAX1111_CTRL_STR; @@ -55,12 +61,15 @@ static int max1111_read(struct device *dev, int channel) err = spi_sync(data->spi, &data->msg); if (err < 0) { dev_err(dev, "spi_sync failed with %d\n", err); + mutex_unlock(&data->msg_lock_mutex); return err; } v1 = data->rx_buf[0]; v2 = data->rx_buf[1]; + mutex_unlock(&data->msg_lock_mutex); + if ((v1 & 0xc0) || (v2 & 0x3f)) return -EINVAL; @@ -176,6 +185,8 @@ static int __devinit max1111_probe(struct spi_device *spi) if (err) goto err_free_data; + mutex_init(&data->msg_lock_mutex); + data->spi = spi; spi_set_drvdata(spi, data); @@ -213,6 +224,7 @@ static int __devexit max1111_remove(struct spi_device *spi) hwmon_device_unregister(data->hwmon_dev); sysfs_remove_group(&spi->dev.kobj, &max1111_attr_group); + mutex_destroy(data->msg_lock_mutex); kfree(data->rx_buf); kfree(data->tx_buf); kfree(data); -- 1.7.5.rc3 _______________________________________________ Zaurus-devel mailing list Zaurus-devel@lists.linuxtogo.org http://lists.linuxtogo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/zaurus-devel