[PATCH] dmaengine: sun6i: Fix potential deadlock in dma_terminate_all and pause
From: Hongling Zeng
Date: Sun Jul 05 2026 - 04:21:30 EST
sun6i_dma_terminate_all() and sun6i_dma_pause() acquire sdev->lock
with plain spin_lock() from process context. If a DMA interrupt fires
on the same CPU while the lock is held, the interrupt handler schedules
sun6i_dma_tasklet(), which runs in softirq context and 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 | 8 ++++----
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/dma/sun6i-dma.c b/drivers/dma/sun6i-dma.c
index a9a254dbf8cb..37b143a8f75e 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/sun6i-dma.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/sun6i-dma.c
@@ -898,9 +898,9 @@ static int sun6i_dma_pause(struct dma_chan *chan)
writel(DMA_CHAN_PAUSE_PAUSE,
pchan->base + DMA_CHAN_PAUSE);
} else {
- spin_lock(&sdev->lock);
+ spin_lock_irq(&sdev->lock);
list_del_init(&vchan->node);
- spin_unlock(&sdev->lock);
+ spin_unlock_irq(&sdev->lock);
}
return 0;
@@ -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);
--
2.25.1