[PATCH] regulator: core: fix deadlock on regulator enable

From: Johan Hovold
Date: Thu Dec 15 2022 - 05:46:42 EST


When updating the operating mode as part of regulator enable, the caller
has already locked the regulator tree and drms_uA_update() must not try
to do the same in order not to trigger a deadlock.

The lock inversion is reported by lockdep as:

======================================================
WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected
6.1.0-next-20221215 #142 Not tainted
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udevd/154 is trying to acquire lock:
ffffc11f123d7e50 (regulator_list_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: regulator_lock_dependent+0x54/0x280

but task is already holding lock:
ffff80000e4c36e8 (regulator_ww_class_acquire){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: regulator_enable+0x34/0x80

which lock already depends on the new lock.

...

Possible unsafe locking scenario:

CPU0 CPU1
---- ----
lock(regulator_ww_class_acquire);
lock(regulator_list_mutex);
lock(regulator_ww_class_acquire);
lock(regulator_list_mutex);

*** DEADLOCK ***

just before probe of a Qualcomm UFS controller (occasionally) deadlocks
when enabling one of its regulators.

Fixes: 9243a195be7a ("regulator: core: Change voltage setting path")
Fixes: f8702f9e4aa7 ("regulator: core: Use ww_mutex for regulators locking")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # 5.0
Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <johan+linaro@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/regulator/core.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/regulator/core.c b/drivers/regulator/core.c
index 729c45393803..ae69e493913d 100644
--- a/drivers/regulator/core.c
+++ b/drivers/regulator/core.c
@@ -1002,7 +1002,7 @@ static int drms_uA_update(struct regulator_dev *rdev)
/* get input voltage */
input_uV = 0;
if (rdev->supply)
- input_uV = regulator_get_voltage(rdev->supply);
+ input_uV = regulator_get_voltage_rdev(rdev->supply->rdev);
if (input_uV <= 0)
input_uV = rdev->constraints->input_uV;

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2.37.4