Re: [PATCH v2] media: cx231xx-audio: drain wq_trigger before audio fini

From: hverkuil+cisco

Date: Tue Jul 28 2026 - 09:27:03 EST


On 16/07/2026 15:48, Fan Wu wrote:
> audio_trigger() is deferred work (dev->wq_trigger) armed from
> snd_cx231xx_capture_trigger() on every PCM START/STOP; it dereferences
> dev->adev state and may free the URBs via cx231xx_isoc_audio_deinit().
> cx231xx_audio_fini() tore down that state without draining wq_trigger,
> so work armed before or racing fini ran against freed state.
>
> Use disable_work_sync() in fini to drain the work and prevent further
> queueing. Initialize the work, lock and stream_started counter at the
> top of cx231xx_audio_init(), before any fallible allocation, and clear
> the partially-built audio state on its error path, so fini is safe even
> if a later step fails.
>
> This issue was found by an in-house static analysis tool.
>
> Fixes: 61b04cb24a12 ("[media] cx231xx-audio: fix some locking issues")
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # needs adjustments for <= 6.6: use cancel_work_sync()
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/8c7e1294-b906-4636-890c-b64d03b0e1d0@xxxxxxxxxx
> Assisted-by: Codex:gpt-5.6
> Signed-off-by: Fan Wu <fanwu01@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Changes in v2: use disable_work_sync() instead of a teardown flag +
> cancel_work_sync(), as suggested by Hans Verkuil. The init-ordering
> fix and error-path cleanup from v1 are retained.
> ---
> drivers/media/platform/ti/vpe/vip.c | 37 ++++++++++++++++++++++++---
> drivers/media/platform/ti/vpe/vpdma.c | 3 ++-

These are the ti/vpe patches, not the cx231xx patches!

Please repost.

Regards,

Hans

> 2 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/ti/vpe/vip.c b/drivers/media/platform/ti/vpe/vip.c
> index cb0a5a07a3d4..30e9a85d4cf5 100644
> --- a/drivers/media/platform/ti/vpe/vip.c
> +++ b/drivers/media/platform/ti/vpe/vip.c
> @@ -814,6 +814,22 @@ static void clear_irqs(struct vip_dev *dev, int irq_num, int list_num)
> vpdma_clear_list_stat(dev->shared->vpdma, irq_num, dev->slice_id);
> }
>
> +/*
> + * Quiesce recovery work and per-list IRQs before releasing stream resources.
> + * disable_work_sync() prevents the overflow handler from requeueing recovery
> + * work. Mask and synchronize IRQs afterwards because a running worker may
> + * have re-enabled them before exiting.
> + */
> +static void vip_quiesce_stream(struct vip_stream *stream)
> +{
> + struct vip_dev *dev = stream->port->dev;
> +
> + disable_work_sync(&stream->recovery_work);
> + disable_irqs(dev, dev->slice_id, stream->list_num);
> + clear_irqs(dev, dev->slice_id, stream->list_num);
> + synchronize_irq(dev->irq);
> +}
> +
> static void populate_desc_list(struct vip_stream *stream)
> {
> struct vip_port *port = stream->port;
> @@ -2428,6 +2444,7 @@ static int vip_start_streaming(struct vb2_queue *vq, unsigned int count)
> goto err;
>
> stream->num_recovery = 0;
> + enable_work(&stream->recovery_work);
>
> clear_irqs(dev, dev->slice_id, stream->list_num);
> enable_irqs(dev, dev->slice_id, stream->list_num);
> @@ -2452,13 +2469,17 @@ static void vip_stop_streaming(struct vb2_queue *vq)
> struct vip_dev *dev = port->dev;
> int ret;
>
> + /*
> + * A running recovery worker may re-enable the parser, so quiesce it
> + * and its IRQ handler before stopping the parser or releasing the
> + * descriptor list.
> + */
> + vip_quiesce_stream(stream);
> +
> vip_parser_stop_imm(port, true);
> vip_enable_parser(port, false);
> unset_fmt_params(stream);
>
> - disable_irqs(dev, dev->slice_id, stream->list_num);
> - clear_irqs(dev, dev->slice_id, stream->list_num);
> -
> if (port->subdev) {
> ret = v4l2_subdev_call(port->subdev, video, s_stream, 0);
> if (ret)
> @@ -3074,6 +3095,8 @@ static int alloc_stream(struct vip_port *port, int stream_id, int vfl_type)
> goto do_free_hwlist;
>
> INIT_WORK(&stream->recovery_work, vip_overflow_recovery_work);
> + /* Start disabled; vip_start_streaming() enables it before IRQs. */
> + disable_work(&stream->recovery_work);
>
> INIT_LIST_HEAD(&stream->vidq);
>
> @@ -3139,6 +3162,13 @@ static void free_stream(struct vip_stream *stream)
> return;
>
> dev = stream->port->dev;
> + /*
> + * Unpublish the stream and quiesce its IRQ handler and recovery worker
> + * before releasing stream-owned resources.
> + */
> + stream->port->cap_streams[stream->stream_id] = NULL;
> + vip_quiesce_stream(stream);
> +
> /* Free up the Drop queue */
> list_for_each_safe(pos, q, &stream->dropq) {
> buf = list_entry(pos,
> @@ -3150,7 +3180,6 @@ static void free_stream(struct vip_stream *stream)
>
> video_unregister_device(stream->vfd);
> vpdma_hwlist_release(dev->shared->vpdma, stream->list_num);
> - stream->port->cap_streams[stream->stream_id] = NULL;
> kfree(stream);
> }
>
> diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/ti/vpe/vpdma.c b/drivers/media/platform/ti/vpe/vpdma.c
> index 573aa83f62eb..f9f5b2f1ee1a 100644
> --- a/drivers/media/platform/ti/vpe/vpdma.c
> +++ b/drivers/media/platform/ti/vpe/vpdma.c
> @@ -988,7 +988,8 @@ void *vpdma_hwlist_release(struct vpdma_data *vpdma, int list_num)
>
> spin_lock_irqsave(&vpdma->lock, flags);
> vpdma->hwlist_used[list_num] = false;
> - priv = vpdma->hwlist_priv;
> + priv = vpdma->hwlist_priv[list_num];
> + vpdma->hwlist_priv[list_num] = NULL;
> spin_unlock_irqrestore(&vpdma->lock, flags);
>
> return priv;