[media] img-ir/hw: Fix potential deadlock stopping timer
The end timer is used for switching back from repeat code timings when no repeat codes have been received for a certain amount of time. When the protocol is changed, the end timer is deleted synchronously with del_timer_sync(), however this takes place while holding the main spin lock, and the timer handler also needs to acquire the spin lock. This opens the possibility of a deadlock on an SMP system if the protocol is changed just as the repeat timer is expiring. One CPU could end up in img_ir_set_decoder() holding the lock and waiting for the end timer to complete, while the other CPU is stuck in the timer handler spinning on the lock held by the first CPU. Lockdep also spots a possible lock inversion in the same code, since img_ir_set_decoder() acquires the img-ir lock before the timer lock, but the timer handler will try and acquire them the other way around: ========================================================= [ INFO: possible irq lock inversion dependency detected ] 3.18.0-rc5+ #957 Not tainted --------------------------------------------------------- swapper/0/0 just changed the state of lock: (((&hw->end_timer))){+.-...}, at: [<4006ae5c>] _call_timer_fn+0x0/0xfc but this lock was taken by another, HARDIRQ-safe lock in the past: (&(&priv->lock)->rlock#2){-.....} and interrupts could create inverse lock ordering between them. other info that might help us debug this: Possible interrupt unsafe locking scenario: CPU0 CPU1 ---- ---- lock(((&hw->end_timer))); local_irq_disable(); lock(&(&priv->lock)->rlock#2); lock(((&hw->end_timer))); <Interrupt> lock(&(&priv->lock)->rlock#2); *** DEADLOCK *** This is fixed by releasing the main spin lock while performing the del_timer_sync() call. The timer is prevented from restarting before the lock is reacquired by a new "stopping" flag which img_ir_handle_data() checks before updating the timer. --------------------------------------------------------- swapper/0/0 just changed the state of lock: (((&hw->end_timer))){+.-...}, at: [<4006ae5c>] _call_timer_fn+0x0/0xfc but this lock was taken by another, HARDIRQ-safe lock in the past: (&(&priv->lock)->rlock#2){-.....} and interrupts could create inverse lock ordering between them. other info that might help us debug this: Possible interrupt unsafe locking scenario: CPU0 CPU1 ---- ---- lock(((&hw->end_timer))); local_irq_disable(); lock(&(&priv->lock)->rlock#2); lock(((&hw->end_timer))); <Interrupt> lock(&(&priv->lock)->rlock#2); *** DEADLOCK *** This is fixed by releasing the main spin lock while performing the del_timer_sync() call. The timer is prevented from restarting before the lock is reacquired by a new "stopping" flag which img_ir_handle_data() checks before updating the timer. Signed-off-by: James Hogan <james.hogan@imgtec.com> Cc: Sifan Naeem <sifan.naeem@imgtec.com> Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # v3.15+ Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@osg.samsung.com>
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