[PATCH 05/13] clocksource/arm_arch_timer: Fix MMIO base address vs callback ordering issue

From: Marc Zyngier
Date: Mon Aug 09 2021 - 11:27:33 EST


The MMIO timer base address gets published after we have registered
the callbacks and the interrupt handler, which is... a bit dangerous.

Fix this by moving the base address publication to the point where
we register the timer, and expose a pointer to the timer structure
itself rather than a naked value.

Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <maz@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/clocksource/arm_arch_timer.c | 27 +++++++++++++--------------
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/clocksource/arm_arch_timer.c b/drivers/clocksource/arm_arch_timer.c
index 160464f75017..ca7761d8459a 100644
--- a/drivers/clocksource/arm_arch_timer.c
+++ b/drivers/clocksource/arm_arch_timer.c
@@ -54,13 +54,13 @@

static unsigned arch_timers_present __initdata;

-static void __iomem *arch_counter_base __ro_after_init;
-
struct arch_timer {
void __iomem *base;
struct clock_event_device evt;
};

+static struct arch_timer *arch_timer_mem __ro_after_init;
+
#define to_arch_timer(e) container_of(e, struct arch_timer, evt)

static u32 arch_timer_rate __ro_after_init;
@@ -975,9 +975,9 @@ static u64 arch_counter_get_cntvct_mem(void)
u32 vct_lo, vct_hi, tmp_hi;

do {
- vct_hi = readl_relaxed(arch_counter_base + CNTVCT_HI);
- vct_lo = readl_relaxed(arch_counter_base + CNTVCT_LO);
- tmp_hi = readl_relaxed(arch_counter_base + CNTVCT_HI);
+ vct_hi = readl_relaxed(arch_timer_mem->base + CNTVCT_HI);
+ vct_lo = readl_relaxed(arch_timer_mem->base + CNTVCT_LO);
+ tmp_hi = readl_relaxed(arch_timer_mem->base + CNTVCT_HI);
} while (vct_hi != tmp_hi);

return ((u64) vct_hi << 32) | vct_lo;
@@ -1168,25 +1168,25 @@ static int __init arch_timer_mem_register(void __iomem *base, unsigned int irq)
{
int ret;
irq_handler_t func;
- struct arch_timer *t;

- t = kzalloc(sizeof(*t), GFP_KERNEL);
- if (!t)
+ arch_timer_mem = kzalloc(sizeof(*arch_timer_mem), GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!arch_timer_mem)
return -ENOMEM;

- t->base = base;
- t->evt.irq = irq;
- __arch_timer_setup(ARCH_TIMER_TYPE_MEM, &t->evt);
+ arch_timer_mem->base = base;
+ arch_timer_mem->evt.irq = irq;
+ __arch_timer_setup(ARCH_TIMER_TYPE_MEM, &arch_timer_mem->evt);

if (arch_timer_mem_use_virtual)
func = arch_timer_handler_virt_mem;
else
func = arch_timer_handler_phys_mem;

- ret = request_irq(irq, func, IRQF_TIMER, "arch_mem_timer", &t->evt);
+ ret = request_irq(irq, func, IRQF_TIMER, "arch_mem_timer", &arch_timer_mem->evt);
if (ret) {
pr_err("Failed to request mem timer irq\n");
- kfree(t);
+ kfree(arch_timer_mem);
+ arch_timer_mem = NULL;
}

return ret;
@@ -1444,7 +1444,6 @@ arch_timer_mem_frame_register(struct arch_timer_mem_frame *frame)
return ret;
}

- arch_counter_base = base;
arch_timers_present |= ARCH_TIMER_TYPE_MEM;

return 0;
--
2.30.2