Re: A potential bug in drivers/iio/light/opt3001.ko

[Jonathan Cameron]

On 05/09/16 15:15, Pavel Andrianov wrote:
> 03.09.2016 19:38, Jonathan Cameron ÐÐÑÐÑ:
>> On 31/08/16 11:23, Pavel Andrianov wrote:
>>> Hi!
>>>
>>> There is a bug in drivers/iio/light/opt3001.ko. Regard such case:
>>>
>>> Thread 1                             Thread 2
>>> -> opt3001_read_raw
>>>   -> mutex_lock(&opt->lock)
>>>   -> opt3001_get_lux()
>>>     ..
>>>     ->i2c_smbus_write_word_swapped()
>>>             Now an interrupt comes
>>>                                      -> opt3001_irq
>>>                                        -> mutex_lock(&opt->lock)
>>>
>>> This is a deadlock, as the flag ok_to_ignore_lock has not been set yet.
>> Good find.  Will need reordering to set the ok_to_ignore_lock first.
>> Whether it ever actually happens will depend on just how long that EOC
>> interrupt takes to happen.  Still it's a theoretical problem with
>> a fairly simple fix so let's fix it.
>>>
>>> Regard another case:
>>>
>>> Thread 1                             Thread 2
>>> -> opt3001_read_raw
>>>   -> mutex_lock(&opt->lock)
>>>   -> opt3001_get_lux()
>>>     ..
>>>     -> i2c_smbus_write_word_swapped()
>>>     opt->ok_to_ignore_lock = true;
>>>             Now an interrupt comes
>>>                                      -> opt3001_irq
>>>                                        ..
>>>                                        opt->result_ready = true
>>>                                        wake_up()
>>>      opt->result_ready = false;
>>>      wait_event_timeout()
>>>
>>> In this case the first thread misses the result and waits until timeout expires.
>>>
>> Agreed - looks like some reordering is needed here as well.
>>
>> Jonathan
>>
> 
> In opt3001_get_lux has a comment, that i2c_smbus_write_word_swapped
> (line 246) enables interrupt mechanism. If an interrupt can not arise
> before the function, the assignments to both of flags should be moved
> before i2c_smbus_write_word_swapped and this is the best fix for both
> of issues. Do you know if my assumption is correct and interrupts are
> disabled before i2c_smbus_write_word_swapped call?

Andreas, can you confirm this for us?

Thanks,

Jonathan