[PATCH] regulator: core: avoid regulator_resolve_supply() race condition

[David Collins]

The final step in regulator_register() is to call
regulator_resolve_supply() for each registered regulator
(including the one in the process of being registered).  The
regulator_resolve_supply() function first checks if rdev->supply
is NULL, then it performs various steps to try to find the supply.
If successful, rdev->supply is set inside of set_supply().

This procedure can encounter a race condition if two concurrent
tasks call regulator_register() near to each other on separate CPUs
and one of the regulators has rdev->supply_name specified.  There
is currently nothing guaranteeing atomicity between the rdev->supply
check and set steps.  Thus, both tasks can observe rdev->supply==NULL
in their regulator_resolve_supply() calls.  This then results in
both creating a struct regulator for the supply.  One ends up
actually stored in rdev->supply and the other is lost (though still
present in the supply's consumer_list).

Here is a kernel log snippet showing the issue:

[   12.421768] gpu_cc_gx_gdsc: supplied by pm8350_s5_level
[   12.425854] gpu_cc_gx_gdsc: supplied by pm8350_s5_level
[   12.429064] debugfs: Directory 'regulator.4-SUPPLY' with parent
               '17a00000.rsc:rpmh-regulator-gfxlvl-pm8350_s5_level'
               already present!

Avoid this race condition by holding the rdev->mutex lock inside
of regulator_resolve_supply() while checking and setting
rdev->supply.

Signed-off-by: David Collins <collinsd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 drivers/regulator/core.c | 39 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/regulator/core.c b/drivers/regulator/core.c
index fee9241..3ae5ccd 100644
--- a/drivers/regulator/core.c
+++ b/drivers/regulator/core.c
@@ -1813,23 +1813,34 @@ static int regulator_resolve_supply(struct regulator_dev *rdev)
 {
 	struct regulator_dev *r;
 	struct device *dev = rdev->dev.parent;
-	int ret;
+	int ret = 0;
 
 	/* No supply to resolve? */
 	if (!rdev->supply_name)
 		return 0;
 
-	/* Supply already resolved? */
+	/* Supply already resolved? (fast-path without locking contention) */
 	if (rdev->supply)
 		return 0;
 
+	/*
+	 * Recheck rdev->supply with rdev->mutex lock held to avoid a race
+	 * between rdev->supply null check and setting rdev->supply in
+	 * set_supply() from concurrent tasks.
+	 */
+	regulator_lock(rdev);
+
+	/* Supply just resolved by a concurrent task? */
+	if (rdev->supply)
+		goto out;
+
 	r = regulator_dev_lookup(dev, rdev->supply_name);
 	if (IS_ERR(r)) {
 		ret = PTR_ERR(r);
 
 		/* Did the lookup explicitly defer for us? */
 		if (ret == -EPROBE_DEFER)
-			return ret;
+			goto out;
 
 		if (have_full_constraints()) {
 			r = dummy_regulator_rdev;
@@ -1837,15 +1848,18 @@ static int regulator_resolve_supply(struct regulator_dev *rdev)
 		} else {
 			dev_err(dev, "Failed to resolve %s-supply for %s\n",
 				rdev->supply_name, rdev->desc->name);
-			return -EPROBE_DEFER;
+			ret = -EPROBE_DEFER;
+			goto out;
 		}
 	}
 
 	if (r == rdev) {
 		dev_err(dev, "Supply for %s (%s) resolved to itself\n",
 			rdev->desc->name, rdev->supply_name);
-		if (!have_full_constraints())
-			return -EINVAL;
+		if (!have_full_constraints()) {
+			ret = -EINVAL;
+			goto out;
+		}
 		r = dummy_regulator_rdev;
 		get_device(&r->dev);
 	}
@@ -1859,7 +1873,8 @@ static int regulator_resolve_supply(struct regulator_dev *rdev)
 	if (r->dev.parent && r->dev.parent != rdev->dev.parent) {
 		if (!device_is_bound(r->dev.parent)) {
 			put_device(&r->dev);
-			return -EPROBE_DEFER;
+			ret = -EPROBE_DEFER;
+			goto out;
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -1867,13 +1882,13 @@ static int regulator_resolve_supply(struct regulator_dev *rdev)
 	ret = regulator_resolve_supply(r);
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		put_device(&r->dev);
-		return ret;
+		goto out;
 	}
 
 	ret = set_supply(rdev, r);
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		put_device(&r->dev);
-		return ret;
+		goto out;
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -1886,11 +1901,13 @@ static int regulator_resolve_supply(struct regulator_dev *rdev)
 		if (ret < 0) {
 			_regulator_put(rdev->supply);
 			rdev->supply = NULL;
-			return ret;
+			goto out;
 		}
 	}
 
-	return 0;
+out:
+	regulator_unlock(rdev);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 /* Internal regulator request function */
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