[PATCH 3/3] mailbox: pcc: Fix command timeout due to missed interrupt

From: Sudeep Holla

Date: Fri Jul 17 2026 - 03:57:50 EST


From: Huisong Li <lihuisong@xxxxxxxxxx>

PCC command execution can time out when a fast platform completes a
transaction and signals the platform interrupt before pcc_send_data()
marks the channel as in use. For shared platform interrupts, the type 3
handler uses chan_in_use to decide whether the interrupt belongs to the
channel. If it observes false, it ignores the completion and the caller
waits until timeout.

Publish chan_in_use before ringing the doorbell. Use WRITE_ONCE() for
the lockless flag update and READ_ONCE() in the interrupt handler when
filtering shared interrupts. The following ordered MMIO accessor used for
the doorbell keeps the earlier store visible before the platform is
notified.

Clear chan_in_use with WRITE_ONCE() when completing the transaction,
matching the lockless flag protocol used by the interrupt and send paths.

Fixes: 3db174e478cb ("mailbox: pcc: Support shared interrupt for multiple subspaces")
Signed-off-by: Huisong Li <lihuisong@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/mailbox/pcc.c | 39 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/mailbox/pcc.c b/drivers/mailbox/pcc.c
index 8dfa80b0a90f..7f99d4ab0129 100644
--- a/drivers/mailbox/pcc.c
+++ b/drivers/mailbox/pcc.c
@@ -91,12 +91,11 @@ struct pcc_chan_reg {
* @plat_irq: platform interrupt
* @type: PCC subspace type
* @plat_irq_flags: platform interrupt flags
- * @chan_in_use: this flag is used just to check if the interrupt needs
- * handling when it is shared. Since only one transfer can occur
- * at a time and mailbox takes care of locking, this flag can be
- * accessed without a lock. Note: the type only support the
- * communication from OSPM to Platform, like type3, use it, and
- * other types completely ignore it.
+ * @chan_in_use: lockless flag used by initiator subspaces, such as type 3,
+ * to filter shared platform interrupts. Only one transfer can occur
+ * at a time, but the interrupt handler may sample the flag on another
+ * CPU, so all accesses must use READ_ONCE() or WRITE_ONCE().
+ * Other subspace types ignore it.
*/
struct pcc_chan_info {
struct pcc_mbox_chan chan;
@@ -320,8 +319,13 @@ static irqreturn_t pcc_mbox_irq(int irq, void *p)
if (pcc_chan_reg_read_modify_write(&pchan->plat_irq_ack))
return IRQ_NONE;

+ /*
+ * Master subspaces use this flag to filter shared interrupts. Use
+ * READ_ONCE() to sample the lockless flag written by pcc_send_data()
+ * on another CPU.
+ */
if (pchan->type == ACPI_PCCT_TYPE_EXT_PCC_MASTER_SUBSPACE &&
- !pchan->chan_in_use)
+ !READ_ONCE(pchan->chan_in_use))
return IRQ_NONE;

if (!pcc_mbox_cmd_complete_check(pchan))
@@ -331,12 +335,12 @@ static irqreturn_t pcc_mbox_irq(int irq, void *p)
return IRQ_NONE;

/*
- * Clear this flag after updating interrupt ack register and just
- * before mbox_chan_received_data() which might call pcc_send_data()
- * where the flag is set again to start new transfer. This is
- * required to avoid any possible race in updatation of this flag.
+ * Clear this flag after updating the interrupt ack register and just
+ * before mbox_chan_received_data(), which might call pcc_send_data()
+ * and set the flag again to start a new transfer. Use WRITE_ONCE()
+ * for the lockless update observed by the send and interrupt paths.
*/
- pchan->chan_in_use = false;
+ WRITE_ONCE(pchan->chan_in_use, false);
mbox_chan_received_data(chan, NULL);
mbox_chan_txdone(chan, 0);

@@ -464,9 +468,18 @@ static int pcc_send_data(struct mbox_chan *chan, void *data)
if (ret)
return ret;

+ /*
+ * Set chan_in_use before ringing the doorbell so a fast completion
+ * interrupt is not mistaken for a shared interrupt from another
+ * subspace. Use WRITE_ONCE() for the lockless flag update. The
+ * ordered MMIO accessor used to ring the doorbell keeps this store
+ * visible before the platform is notified.
+ */
+ if (pchan->plat_irq > 0)
+ WRITE_ONCE(pchan->chan_in_use, true);
ret = pcc_chan_reg_read_modify_write(&pchan->db);
if (!ret && pchan->plat_irq > 0)
- pchan->chan_in_use = true;
+ WRITE_ONCE(pchan->chan_in_use, false);

return ret;
}
--
2.43.0