Re: [PATCH v2] Bluetooth: hci_uart: fix race during initialization

[Luiz Augusto von Dentz]

Hi Arseniy,

On Tue, Dec 17, 2024 at 3:12 AM Arseniy Krasnov
<avkrasnov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> 'hci_register_dev()' calls power up function, which is executed by
> kworker - 'hci_power_on()'. This function does access to bluetooth chip
> using callbacks from 'hci_ldisc.c', for example 'hci_uart_send_frame()'.
> Now 'hci_uart_send_frame()' checks 'HCI_UART_PROTO_READY' bit set, and
> if not - it fails. Problem is that 'HCI_UART_PROTO_READY' is set after
> 'hci_register_dev()', and there is tiny chance that 'hci_power_on()' will
> be executed before setting this bit. In that case HCI init logic fails.
>
> Patch moves setting of 'HCI_UART_PROTO_READY' before calling function
> 'hci_uart_register_dev()'.
>
> Signed-off-by: Arseniy Krasnov <avkrasnov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  Changelog v1->v2:
>  * Move 'set_bit()' before 'hci_uart_register_dev()' instead of
>    adding new bit 'HCI_UART_PROTO_INIT'.

What drivers/controllers this was tested with? I want to make sure
this doesn't cause regressions to other drivers if there are perhaps
some drivers assuming HCI_UART_PROTO_READY was set in a certain order.

>  drivers/bluetooth/hci_ldisc.c | 3 ++-
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/bluetooth/hci_ldisc.c b/drivers/bluetooth/hci_ldisc.c
> index 30192bb083549..07b9aa09bbe2e 100644
> --- a/drivers/bluetooth/hci_ldisc.c
> +++ b/drivers/bluetooth/hci_ldisc.c
> @@ -704,12 +704,13 @@ static int hci_uart_set_proto(struct hci_uart *hu, int id)
>
>         hu->proto = p;
>
> +       set_bit(HCI_UART_PROTO_READY, &hu->flags);
> +
>         err = hci_uart_register_dev(hu);
>         if (err) {
>                 return err;
>         }
>
> -       set_bit(HCI_UART_PROTO_READY, &hu->flags);
>         return 0;
>  }
>
> --
> 2.30.1



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Luiz Augusto von Dentz