[PATCH] dmaengine: sun6i: Fix potential deadlock in sun6i_dma_terminate_all()

From: Hongling Zeng

Date: Sun Jul 05 2026 - 03:58:11 EST


sun6i_dma_terminate_all() acquires sdev->lock with plain spin_lock()
from process context. Since interrupts remain enabled, a DMA interrupt
can fire on the same CPU while the lock is held. The interrupt handler
schedules sun6i_dma_tasklet(), which attempts to acquire the same lock
with spin_lock_irq(), causing a deadlock.

Fix by using spin_lock_irq() to disable interrupts while holding
sdev->lock, consistent with other call sites.

Fixes: ba489fd46ab6 ("dmaengine: sun6i: Add support for Allwinner A31 DMA controller")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Hongling Zeng <zenghongling@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/dma/sun6i-dma.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/dma/sun6i-dma.c b/drivers/dma/sun6i-dma.c
index a9a254dbf8cb..840f7276ad5d 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/sun6i-dma.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/sun6i-dma.c
@@ -939,9 +939,9 @@ static int sun6i_dma_terminate_all(struct dma_chan *chan)
unsigned long flags;
LIST_HEAD(head);

- spin_lock(&sdev->lock);
+ spin_lock_irq(&sdev->lock);
list_del_init(&vchan->node);
- spin_unlock(&sdev->lock);
+ spin_unlock_irq(&sdev->lock);

spin_lock_irqsave(&vchan->vc.lock, flags);

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2.25.1