[PATCH] dma-buf/sw_sync: Avoid recursive lock during fence signal

From: Rob Clark
Date: Thu Aug 17 2023 - 17:38:38 EST


From: Rob Clark <robdclark@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

If a signal callback releases the sw_sync fence, that will trigger a
deadlock as the timeline_fence_release recurses onto the fence->lock
(used both for signaling and the the timeline tree).

To avoid that, temporarily hold an extra reference to the signalled
fences until after we drop the lock.

(This is an alternative implementation of https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/11664717/
which avoids some potential UAF issues with the original patch.)

Reported-by: Bas Nieuwenhuizen <bas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Fixes: d3c6dd1fb30d ("dma-buf/sw_sync: Synchronize signal vs syncpt free")
Signed-off-by: Rob Clark <robdclark@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/dma-buf/sw_sync.c | 10 ++++++++++
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/dma-buf/sw_sync.c b/drivers/dma-buf/sw_sync.c
index 63f0aeb66db6..ceb6a0408624 100644
--- a/drivers/dma-buf/sw_sync.c
+++ b/drivers/dma-buf/sw_sync.c
@@ -191,6 +191,7 @@ static const struct dma_fence_ops timeline_fence_ops = {
*/
static void sync_timeline_signal(struct sync_timeline *obj, unsigned int inc)
{
+ LIST_HEAD(signalled);
struct sync_pt *pt, *next;

trace_sync_timeline(obj);
@@ -203,9 +204,13 @@ static void sync_timeline_signal(struct sync_timeline *obj, unsigned int inc)
if (!timeline_fence_signaled(&pt->base))
break;

+ dma_fence_get(&pt->base);
+
list_del_init(&pt->link);
rb_erase(&pt->node, &obj->pt_tree);

+ list_add_tail(&pt->link, &signalled);
+
/*
* A signal callback may release the last reference to this
* fence, causing it to be freed. That operation has to be
@@ -218,6 +223,11 @@ static void sync_timeline_signal(struct sync_timeline *obj, unsigned int inc)
}

spin_unlock_irq(&obj->lock);
+
+ list_for_each_entry_safe(pt, next, &signalled, link) {
+ list_del(&pt->link);
+ dma_fence_put(&pt->base);
+ }
}

/**
--
2.41.0