[PATCH v4] rust: serdev: Mitigate race conditions

From: Markus Probst

Date: Sat Sep 05 2026 - 14:47:58 EST


There are currently 2 race conditions:
- in probe if `Driver::probe` returns Err
- in unbind
. In those cases the driver data will be set to NULL before the serdev
device was closed. If data is received while the driver data is dropped,
the `receive_buf_callback` might try to access the `active` mutex on a
null pointer. The race conditions can only occur if `Driver::receive` is
implemented.

The issue cannot be cleanly fixed without rewriting some logic, which
might introduce new regressions.

Temporarily disable the use of `Driver::receive`, until fixed in the
next release.

Fixes: 99f59aa82341 ("rust: add basic serial device bus abstractions")
Reported-by: Sashiko Bot <sashiko-bot@xxxxxxxxxx>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-serial/20260905000836.C8FC91F00A3D@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-serial/20260903222159.70A911F000E9@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
Signed-off-by: Markus Probst <markus.probst@xxxxxxxxx>
---
I will submit a patch (for the next merge cycle) soon, which will
address this issue and make the probe and unbind code less convoluted.
---
Changes in v4:
- remove comments
- Link to v3: https://patch.msgid.link/20260905-rust_serdev_fix-v3-1-b86056c3f7a4@xxxxxxxxx

Changes in v3:
- mitigate it
- Link to v2: https://patch.msgid.link/20260905-rust_serdev_fix-v2-0-35dfcd06ef2e@xxxxxxxxx

Changes in v2:
- also fix race condition on unbind
- Link to v1: https://patch.msgid.link/20260905-rust_serdev_fix-v1-1-2ea92b154a6b@xxxxxxxxx
---
rust/kernel/serdev.rs | 6 +++---
samples/rust/rust_driver_serdev.rs | 13 +------------
2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/rust/kernel/serdev.rs b/rust/kernel/serdev.rs
index 17ca504b7f8d..f4c0f43b5273 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/serdev.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/serdev.rs
@@ -148,9 +148,8 @@ fn drop(self: Pin<&mut Self>) {

impl<T: Driver> Adapter<T> {
const OPS: &'static bindings::serdev_device_ops = &bindings::serdev_device_ops {
- receive_buf: if T::HAS_RECEIVE {
- Some(Self::receive_buf_callback)
- } else {
+ receive_buf: {
+ const_assert!(!T::HAS_RECEIVE);
None
},
write_wakeup: Some(bindings::serdev_device_write_wakeup),
@@ -233,6 +232,7 @@ extern "C" fn remove_callback(sdev: *mut bindings::serdev_device) {
T::unbind(sdev, data_pinned);
}

+ #[expect(dead_code)]
extern "C" fn receive_buf_callback(
sdev: *mut bindings::serdev_device,
buf: *const u8,
diff --git a/samples/rust/rust_driver_serdev.rs b/samples/rust/rust_driver_serdev.rs
index 51b4898cd855..3fd3eef15371 100644
--- a/samples/rust/rust_driver_serdev.rs
+++ b/samples/rust/rust_driver_serdev.rs
@@ -4,10 +4,7 @@

use kernel::{
acpi,
- device::{
- Bound,
- Core, //
- },
+ device::Core,
of,
prelude::*,
serdev,
@@ -60,14 +57,6 @@ fn probe<'bound>(

Ok(Self { sdev: sdev.into() })
}
-
- fn receive<'bound>(
- sdev: &'bound serdev::Device<Bound>,
- _this: Pin<&Self>,
- data: &[u8],
- ) -> usize {
- sdev.write(data).unwrap_or_default() as usize
- }
}

impl Drop for SampleDriver {

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base-commit: e5e04726cdd043e309677071ab1b65a4b18f422b
change-id: 20260904-rust_serdev_fix-be3ff9c8a5e8