Re: [PATCH] ipmi: fix potential deadlock on &kcs_bmc->lock

[Corey Minyard]

Indeed, this looks like an issue.

Andrew, any opinions on this?  The attached patch will work, the other
option would be to disable interrupts when calling
kcs_bmc_handle_event() in the timer handler.  But then you have to worry
about RT.

-corey

On Tue, Jun 27, 2023 at 03:24:49PM +0000, Chengfeng Ye wrote:
> As kcs_bmc_handle_event() is executed inside both a timer and a hardirq,
> it should disable irq before lock acquisition otherwise deadlock could
> happen if the timmer is preemtped by the irq.
> 
> Possible deadlock scenario:
> aspeed_kcs_check_obe() (timer)
>     -> kcs_bmc_handle_event()
>     -> spin_lock(&kcs_bmc->lock)
>         <irq interruption>
>         -> aspeed_kcs_irq()
>         -> kcs_bmc_handle_event()
>         -> spin_lock(&kcs_bmc->lock) (deadlock here)
> 
> This flaw was found using an experimental static analysis tool we are
> developing for irq-related deadlock.
> 
> The tentative patch fix the potential deadlock by spin_lock_irqsave()
> 
> Signed-off-by: Chengfeng Ye <dg573847474@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/char/ipmi/kcs_bmc.c | 5 +++--
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/kcs_bmc.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/kcs_bmc.c
> index 03d02a848f3a..8b1161d5194a 100644
> --- a/drivers/char/ipmi/kcs_bmc.c
> +++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/kcs_bmc.c
> @@ -56,12 +56,13 @@ irqreturn_t kcs_bmc_handle_event(struct kcs_bmc_device *kcs_bmc)
>  {
>  	struct kcs_bmc_client *client;
>  	irqreturn_t rc = IRQ_NONE;
> +	unsigned long flags;
>  
> -	spin_lock(&kcs_bmc->lock);
> +	spin_lock_irqsave(&kcs_bmc->lock, flags);
>  	client = kcs_bmc->client;
>  	if (client)
>  		rc = client->ops->event(client);
> -	spin_unlock(&kcs_bmc->lock);
> +	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&kcs_bmc->lock, flags);
>  
>  	return rc;
>  }
> -- 
> 2.17.1
>