[PATCH 2/7] Input: gscps2 - use RCU for ps2port_list and manage it in open/close

From: Dmitry Torokhov

Date: Sun Aug 30 2026 - 16:53:33 EST


Managing ps2port_list in gscps2_probe() and gscps2_remove() had two
issues:

- in gscps2_remove(), serio_unregister_port() frees the serio port, but
because the port remained in ps2port_list until later in remove, a
shared interrupt firing on another CPU could traverse ps2port_list and
dereference the freed serio port

- ps2port_list additions and deletions in probe/remove raced locklessly
against list traversals in gscps2_interrupt().

Convert ps2port_list traversal in gscps2_interrupt() to use RCU, and
move list management to gscps2_open() and gscps2_close(). When
serio_unregister_port() runs during device removal, serio_close() is
invoked, cleanly taking the port out of ps2port_list before the serio
structure is destroyed, while maintaining active hardware communication
during child driver disconnect.

Reported-by: sashiko-bot@xxxxxxxxxx
Assisted-by: LLM
Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/input/serio/gscps2.c | 23 ++++++++++++++++-------
1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/input/serio/gscps2.c b/drivers/input/serio/gscps2.c
index b82c56ba8ff7..5b6e311f8a02 100644
--- a/drivers/input/serio/gscps2.c
+++ b/drivers/input/serio/gscps2.c
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
#include <linux/io.h>
#include <linux/ioport.h>
#include <linux/property.h>
+#include <linux/rcupdate.h>
#include <linux/serio.h>

#include <asm/irq.h>
@@ -195,6 +196,7 @@ struct gscps2port {
int id;
};

+static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(ps2port_list_lock);
static LIST_HEAD(ps2port_list);

/*
@@ -292,14 +294,16 @@ static irqreturn_t gscps2_interrupt(int irq, void *dev)
{
struct gscps2port *ps2port;

- list_for_each_entry(ps2port, &ps2port_list, node) {
+ guard(rcu)();
+
+ list_for_each_entry_rcu(ps2port, &ps2port_list, node) {
guard(spinlock_irqsave)(&ps2port->lock);

gscps2_read_data(ps2port);
- } /* list_for_each_entry */
+ }

/* all data was read from the ports - now report the data to upper layer */
- list_for_each_entry(ps2port, &ps2port_list, node) {
+ list_for_each_entry_rcu(ps2port, &ps2port_list, node) {
if (gscps2_report_data(ps2port)) {
/* More data ready - break early to restart interrupt */
break;
@@ -397,6 +401,9 @@ static int gscps2_open(struct serio *port)

gscps2_reset(ps2port);

+ scoped_guard(spinlock_irqsave, &ps2port_list_lock)
+ list_add_tail_rcu(&ps2port->node, &ps2port_list);
+
/* enable it */
gscps2_enable(ps2port, true);

@@ -413,6 +420,11 @@ static void gscps2_close(struct serio *port)
struct gscps2port *ps2port = port->port_data;

gscps2_enable(ps2port, false);
+
+ scoped_guard(spinlock_irqsave, &ps2port_list_lock)
+ list_del_rcu(&ps2port->node);
+
+ synchronize_rcu();
}

/**
@@ -446,6 +458,7 @@ static int __init gscps2_probe(struct parisc_device *dev)

ps2port->port = serio;
ps2port->padev = dev;
+ INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ps2port->node);
ps2port->addr = ioremap(hpa, GSC_STATUS + 4);
if (!ps2port->addr) {
ret = -ENOMEM;
@@ -501,8 +514,6 @@ static int __init gscps2_probe(struct parisc_device *dev)

serio_register_port(ps2port->port);

- list_add_tail(&ps2port->node, &ps2port_list);
-
return 0;

fail:
@@ -539,12 +550,10 @@ static void __exit gscps2_remove(struct parisc_device *dev)
serio_unregister_port(ps2port->port);
free_irq(dev->irq, ps2port);
gscps2_flush(ps2port);
- list_del(&ps2port->node);
iounmap(ps2port->addr);
#if 0
release_mem_region(dev->hpa, GSC_STATUS + 4);
#endif
- dev_set_drvdata(&dev->dev, NULL);
kfree(ps2port);
}


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