[PATCH] accel/amdxdna: fix race condition in mailbox send path
From: Deniz Aydogan
Date: Fri Aug 28 2026 - 18:16:53 EST
xdna_mailbox_send_msg() reads and writes x2i_tail without holding any
lock. This is problematic because the DRM scheduler thread can submit
jobs via aie2_execbuf() while the ioctl thread concurrently configures
the same hardware context via aie2_config_cu().
Both paths eventually call xdna_mailbox_send_msg() which does:
tail = mb_chann->x2i_tail;
...
mailbox_set_tailptr(mb_chann, tail + mb_msg->pkg_size);
Without synchronization, concurrent writers can read the same tail value,
overwrite each other's messages in the ring buffer, and write conflicting
tail pointers to hardware.
Fix this by protecting the tail pointer manipulation with a spinlock
that is held for the entire duration of mailbox_send_msg(). The lock
is initialized in xdna_mailbox_alloc_channel() and acquired/released
around the critical section in mailbox_send_msg().
Fixes: 3ba13f5e7180 ("Merge tag 'devicetree-fixes-for-7.3-1'")
Signed-off-by: Deniz Aydogan <denizaydogan1902@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/accel/amdxdna/amdxdna_mailbox.c | 9 ++++++++-
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/accel/amdxdna/amdxdna_mailbox.c b/drivers/accel/amdxdna/amdxdna_mailbox.c
index 271617347..337f89113 100644
--- a/drivers/accel/amdxdna/amdxdna_mailbox.c
+++ b/drivers/accel/amdxdna/amdxdna_mailbox.c
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ struct mailbox_channel {
struct xarray chan_xa;
u32 next_msgid;
u32 x2i_tail;
+ spinlock_t lock;
/* Received msg related fields */
struct workqueue_struct *work_q;
@@ -203,8 +204,10 @@ mailbox_send_msg(struct mailbox_channel *mb_chann, struct mailbox_msg *mb_msg)
u32 head, tail;
u32 start_addr;
u32 tmp_tail;
+ unsigned long flags;
int ret;
+ spin_lock_irqsave(&mb_chann->lock, flags);
head = mailbox_get_headptr(mb_chann, CHAN_RES_X2I);
tail = mb_chann->x2i_tail;
ringbuf_size = mailbox_get_ringbuf_size(mb_chann, CHAN_RES_X2I) - sizeof(u32);
@@ -225,8 +228,10 @@ mailbox_send_msg(struct mailbox_channel *mb_chann, struct mailbox_msg *mb_msg)
ret = read_poll_timeout(mailbox_get_headptr, head,
tmp_tail < head || tail >= head,
1, 100, false, mb_chann, CHAN_RES_X2I);
- if (ret)
+ if (ret) {
+ spin_unlock_irqrestore(&mb_chann->lock, flags);
return ret;
+ }
if (tail >= head)
goto check_again;
@@ -240,6 +245,7 @@ mailbox_send_msg(struct mailbox_channel *mb_chann, struct mailbox_msg *mb_msg)
mb_msg->pkg.header.opcode,
mb_msg->pkg.header.id);
+ spin_unlock_irqrestore(&mb_chann->lock, flags);
return 0;
}
@@ -487,6 +493,7 @@ struct mailbox_channel *xdna_mailbox_alloc_channel(struct mailbox *mb)
goto free_chann;
}
mb_chann->mb = mb;
+ spin_lock_init(&mb_chann->lock);
return mb_chann;
--
2.55.0