[PATCH v2] accel/amdxdna: fix race condition in mailbox send path

From: Deniz Aydogan

Date: Sat Aug 29 2026 - 03:53:19 EST


mailbox_send_msg() reads and updates x2i_tail without any
synchronization. The DRM scheduler and ioctl paths can call
xdna_mailbox_send_msg() concurrently on the same channel, which
allows two threads to read the same tail value and corrupt the
hardware ring buffer.

Add a mutex to serialize the entire send path. A mutex is used
rather than a spinlock because the existing code calls
read_poll_timeout() with a non-zero sleep, which can reschedule.

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..8338f03bd 100644
--- a/drivers/accel/amdxdna/amdxdna_mailbox.c
+++ b/drivers/accel/amdxdna/amdxdna_mailbox.c
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
#include <linux/bitfield.h>
#include <linux/interrupt.h>
#include <linux/iopoll.h>
+#include <linux/mutex.h>
#include <linux/slab.h>
#include <linux/xarray.h>

@@ -60,6 +61,7 @@ struct mailbox_channel {
struct xarray chan_xa;
u32 next_msgid;
u32 x2i_tail;
+ struct mutex lock;

/* Received msg related fields */
struct workqueue_struct *work_q;
@@ -205,6 +207,7 @@ mailbox_send_msg(struct mailbox_channel *mb_chann, struct mailbox_msg *mb_msg)
u32 tmp_tail;
int ret;

+ mutex_lock(&mb_chann->lock);
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) {
+ mutex_unlock(&mb_chann->lock);
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);

+ mutex_unlock(&mb_chann->lock);
return 0;
}

@@ -487,6 +493,7 @@ struct mailbox_channel *xdna_mailbox_alloc_channel(struct mailbox *mb)
goto free_chann;
}
mb_chann->mb = mb;
+ mutex_init(&mb_chann->lock);

return mb_chann;

--
2.55.0