[PATCH mmc v1] mmc: core: Fix bitfield race between retune and host claiming

From: Penghe Geng

Date: Thu Jan 15 2026 - 16:46:59 EST


The host->claimed flag shares a bitfield storage word with several
retune flags (retune_now, retune_paused, can_retune, doing_retune,
doing_init_tune). Updating those flags without host->lock can RMW the
shared word and clear claimed, triggering spurious
WARN_ON(!host->claimed).

Serialize all retune bitfield updates with host->lock. Provide lockless
__mmc_retune_* helpers so callers that already hold host->lock can
avoid deadlocks while public wrappers serialize updates. Also protect
doing_init_tune and the CQE retune_now assignment with host->lock.

Fixes: dfa13ebbe334 ("mmc: host: Add facility to support re-tuning")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Penghe Geng <pgeng@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/mmc/core/host.c | 60 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
drivers/mmc/core/host.h | 35 ++++++++++++++++++++++-
drivers/mmc/core/mmc.c | 6 ++++
drivers/mmc/core/queue.c | 3 ++
include/linux/mmc/host.h | 4 +++
5 files changed, 94 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/mmc/core/host.c b/drivers/mmc/core/host.c
index 88c95dbfd9cf..0b6b4a31f629 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/core/host.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/core/host.c
@@ -109,7 +109,11 @@ void mmc_unregister_host_class(void)
*/
void mmc_retune_enable(struct mmc_host *host)
{
+ unsigned long flags;
+
+ spin_lock_irqsave(&host->lock, flags);
host->can_retune = 1;
+ spin_unlock_irqrestore(&host->lock, flags);
if (host->retune_period)
mod_timer(&host->retune_timer,
jiffies + host->retune_period * HZ);
@@ -121,18 +125,31 @@ void mmc_retune_enable(struct mmc_host *host)
*/
void mmc_retune_pause(struct mmc_host *host)
{
+ unsigned long flags;
+
+ spin_lock_irqsave(&host->lock, flags);
if (!host->retune_paused) {
host->retune_paused = 1;
- mmc_retune_hold(host);
+ __mmc_retune_hold(host);
}
+ spin_unlock_irqrestore(&host->lock, flags);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(mmc_retune_pause);

void mmc_retune_unpause(struct mmc_host *host)
{
+ unsigned long flags;
+ bool released;
+
+ spin_lock_irqsave(&host->lock, flags);
if (host->retune_paused) {
host->retune_paused = 0;
- mmc_retune_release(host);
+ released = __mmc_retune_release(host);
+ spin_unlock_irqrestore(&host->lock, flags);
+ if (!released)
+ WARN_ON(1);
+ } else {
+ spin_unlock_irqrestore(&host->lock, flags);
}
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(mmc_retune_unpause);
@@ -145,8 +162,12 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(mmc_retune_unpause);
*/
void mmc_retune_disable(struct mmc_host *host)
{
+ unsigned long flags;
+
mmc_retune_unpause(host);
+ spin_lock_irqsave(&host->lock, flags);
host->can_retune = 0;
+ spin_unlock_irqrestore(&host->lock, flags);
timer_delete_sync(&host->retune_timer);
mmc_retune_clear(host);
}
@@ -159,16 +180,22 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(mmc_retune_timer_stop);

void mmc_retune_hold(struct mmc_host *host)
{
- if (!host->hold_retune)
- host->retune_now = 1;
- host->hold_retune += 1;
+ unsigned long flags;
+
+ spin_lock_irqsave(&host->lock, flags);
+ __mmc_retune_hold(host);
+ spin_unlock_irqrestore(&host->lock, flags);
}

void mmc_retune_release(struct mmc_host *host)
{
- if (host->hold_retune)
- host->hold_retune -= 1;
- else
+ unsigned long flags;
+ bool released;
+
+ spin_lock_irqsave(&host->lock, flags);
+ released = __mmc_retune_release(host);
+ spin_unlock_irqrestore(&host->lock, flags);
+ if (!released)
WARN_ON(1);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(mmc_retune_release);
@@ -177,18 +204,23 @@ int mmc_retune(struct mmc_host *host)
{
bool return_to_hs400 = false;
int err;
+ unsigned long flags;

- if (host->retune_now)
- host->retune_now = 0;
- else
+ spin_lock_irqsave(&host->lock, flags);
+ if (!host->retune_now) {
+ spin_unlock_irqrestore(&host->lock, flags);
return 0;
+ }
+ host->retune_now = 0;

- if (!host->need_retune || host->doing_retune || !host->card)
+ if (!host->need_retune || host->doing_retune || !host->card) {
+ spin_unlock_irqrestore(&host->lock, flags);
return 0;
+ }

host->need_retune = 0;
-
host->doing_retune = 1;
+ spin_unlock_irqrestore(&host->lock, flags);

if (host->ios.timing == MMC_TIMING_MMC_HS400) {
err = mmc_hs400_to_hs200(host->card);
@@ -205,7 +237,9 @@ int mmc_retune(struct mmc_host *host)
if (return_to_hs400)
err = mmc_hs200_to_hs400(host->card);
out:
+ spin_lock_irqsave(&host->lock, flags);
host->doing_retune = 0;
+ spin_unlock_irqrestore(&host->lock, flags);

return err;
}
diff --git a/drivers/mmc/core/host.h b/drivers/mmc/core/host.h
index 5941d68ff989..07e4f427fe15 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/core/host.h
+++ b/drivers/mmc/core/host.h
@@ -21,22 +21,55 @@ int mmc_retune(struct mmc_host *host);
void mmc_retune_pause(struct mmc_host *host);
void mmc_retune_unpause(struct mmc_host *host);

-static inline void mmc_retune_clear(struct mmc_host *host)
+static inline void __mmc_retune_clear(struct mmc_host *host)
{
host->retune_now = 0;
host->need_retune = 0;
}

+static inline void mmc_retune_clear(struct mmc_host *host)
+{
+ unsigned long flags;
+
+ spin_lock_irqsave(&host->lock, flags);
+ __mmc_retune_clear(host);
+ spin_unlock_irqrestore(&host->lock, flags);
+}
+
+static inline void __mmc_retune_hold(struct mmc_host *host)
+{
+ if (!host->hold_retune)
+ host->retune_now = 1;
+ host->hold_retune += 1;
+}
+
+static inline bool __mmc_retune_release(struct mmc_host *host)
+{
+ if (host->hold_retune) {
+ host->hold_retune -= 1;
+ return true;
+ }
+ return false;
+}
+
static inline void mmc_retune_hold_now(struct mmc_host *host)
{
+ unsigned long flags;
+
+ spin_lock_irqsave(&host->lock, flags);
host->retune_now = 0;
host->hold_retune += 1;
+ spin_unlock_irqrestore(&host->lock, flags);
}

static inline void mmc_retune_recheck(struct mmc_host *host)
{
+ unsigned long flags;
+
+ spin_lock_irqsave(&host->lock, flags);
if (host->hold_retune <= 1)
host->retune_now = 1;
+ spin_unlock_irqrestore(&host->lock, flags);
}

static inline int mmc_host_can_cmd23(struct mmc_host *host)
diff --git a/drivers/mmc/core/mmc.c b/drivers/mmc/core/mmc.c
index 7c86efb1044a..114febd15f08 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/core/mmc.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/core/mmc.c
@@ -1820,13 +1820,19 @@ static int mmc_init_card(struct mmc_host *host, u32 ocr,
goto free_card;

if (mmc_card_hs200(card)) {
+ unsigned long flags;
+
+ spin_lock_irqsave(&host->lock, flags);
host->doing_init_tune = 1;
+ spin_unlock_irqrestore(&host->lock, flags);

err = mmc_hs200_tuning(card);
if (!err)
err = mmc_select_hs400(card);

+ spin_lock_irqsave(&host->lock, flags);
host->doing_init_tune = 0;
+ spin_unlock_irqrestore(&host->lock, flags);

if (err)
goto free_card;
diff --git a/drivers/mmc/core/queue.c b/drivers/mmc/core/queue.c
index 284856c8f655..5e38759c87f5 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/core/queue.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/core/queue.c
@@ -237,6 +237,7 @@ static blk_status_t mmc_mq_queue_rq(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx,
enum mmc_issue_type issue_type;
enum mmc_issued issued;
bool get_card, cqe_retune_ok;
+ unsigned long flags;
blk_status_t ret;

if (mmc_card_removed(mq->card)) {
@@ -297,8 +298,10 @@ static blk_status_t mmc_mq_queue_rq(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx,
mmc_get_card(card, &mq->ctx);

if (host->cqe_enabled) {
+ spin_lock_irqsave(&host->lock, flags);
host->retune_now = host->need_retune && cqe_retune_ok &&
!host->hold_retune;
+ spin_unlock_irqrestore(&host->lock, flags);
}

blk_mq_start_request(req);
diff --git a/include/linux/mmc/host.h b/include/linux/mmc/host.h
index e0e2c265e5d1..e7bddbafd1da 100644
--- a/include/linux/mmc/host.h
+++ b/include/linux/mmc/host.h
@@ -713,8 +713,12 @@ void mmc_retune_timer_stop(struct mmc_host *host);

static inline void mmc_retune_needed(struct mmc_host *host)
{
+ unsigned long flags;
+
+ spin_lock_irqsave(&host->lock, flags);
if (host->can_retune)
host->need_retune = 1;
+ spin_unlock_irqrestore(&host->lock, flags);
}

static inline bool mmc_can_retune(struct mmc_host *host)
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