[PATCH v3 3/6] remoteproc: implement synchronize_cbs() for virtio devices

From: Karl Mehltretter

Date: Tue Sep 08 2026 - 01:45:18 EST


Platform drivers invoke rproc_vq_interrupt() from hard-IRQ handlers,
threaded handlers, and work items. Because rpmsg callbacks may sleep,
the virtio core's synchronize_rcu() fallback does not synchronize with
callbacks across all these contexts. A device reset can therefore
complete while a callback is still running.

Add an SRCU domain per rproc. Protect both the queue lookup and
vring_interrupt() with it, and synchronize the domain in the new hook.

__rproc_virtio_del_vqs() can race with rproc_vq_interrupt() too. Clear
all queue pointers and synchronize the SRCU domain before freeing the
queues, so callers that already found a queue can finish using it.
Read rvring->vq once to avoid a second load after deletion starts.

The SRCU domain has the same lifetime as struct rproc. Its cleanup can
sleep, so document that rproc_free() and rproc_put() must not drop the
last reference from atomic context.

Assisted-by: LLM
Signed-off-by: Karl Mehltretter <kmehltretter@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c | 12 ++++++++
drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_virtio.c | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++-----
include/linux/remoteproc.h | 3 +++
3 files changed, 45 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c b/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c
index f003be006b1b..6756f2fe4ec5 100644
--- a/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c
+++ b/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c
@@ -2367,6 +2367,7 @@ static void rproc_type_release(struct device *dev)

dev_info(&rproc->dev, "releasing %s\n", rproc->name);

+ cleanup_srcu_struct(&rproc->vq_srcu);
idr_destroy(&rproc->notifyids);

if (rproc->index >= 0)
@@ -2464,6 +2465,11 @@ struct rproc *rproc_alloc(struct device *dev, const char *name,
if (!rproc)
return NULL;

+ if (init_srcu_struct(&rproc->vq_srcu)) {
+ kfree(rproc);
+ return NULL;
+ }
+
rproc->priv = &rproc[1];
rproc->auto_boot = true;
rproc->elf_class = ELFCLASSNONE;
@@ -2526,6 +2532,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(rproc_alloc);
*
* If no one holds any reference to rproc anymore, then its refcount would
* now drop to zero, and it would be freed.
+ *
+ * Context: Any context, but the last reference must not be dropped from
+ * atomic context.
*/
void rproc_free(struct rproc *rproc)
{
@@ -2541,6 +2550,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(rproc_free);
*
* If no one holds any reference to rproc anymore, then its refcount would
* now drop to zero, and it would be freed.
+ *
+ * Context: Any context, but the last reference must not be dropped from
+ * atomic context.
*/
void rproc_put(struct rproc *rproc)
{
diff --git a/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_virtio.c b/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_virtio.c
index d5e9ff045a28..7fefb4bd7adc 100644
--- a/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_virtio.c
+++ b/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_virtio.c
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
#include <linux/err.h>
#include <linux/kref.h>
#include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/srcu.h>

#include "remoteproc_internal.h"

@@ -88,15 +89,23 @@ static bool rproc_virtio_notify(struct virtqueue *vq)
*/
irqreturn_t rproc_vq_interrupt(struct rproc *rproc, int notifyid)
{
+ irqreturn_t ret = IRQ_NONE;
struct rproc_vring *rvring;
+ struct virtqueue *vq;
+ int idx;

dev_dbg(&rproc->dev, "vq index %d is interrupted\n", notifyid);

+ idx = srcu_read_lock(&rproc->vq_srcu);
+
rvring = idr_find(&rproc->notifyids, notifyid);
- if (!rvring || !rvring->vq)
- return IRQ_NONE;
+ vq = rvring ? READ_ONCE(rvring->vq) : NULL;
+ if (vq)
+ ret = vring_interrupt(0, vq);

- return vring_interrupt(0, rvring->vq);
+ srcu_read_unlock(&rproc->vq_srcu, idx);
+
+ return ret;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(rproc_vq_interrupt);

@@ -153,7 +162,7 @@ static struct virtqueue *rp_find_vq(struct virtio_device *vdev,

vq->num_max = num;

- rvring->vq = vq;
+ WRITE_ONCE(rvring->vq, vq);
vq->priv = rvring;

/* Update vring in resource table */
@@ -165,14 +174,20 @@ static struct virtqueue *rp_find_vq(struct virtio_device *vdev,

static void __rproc_virtio_del_vqs(struct virtio_device *vdev)
{
+ struct rproc *rproc = vdev_to_rproc(vdev);
struct virtqueue *vq, *n;
struct rproc_vring *rvring;

- list_for_each_entry_safe(vq, n, &vdev->vqs, list) {
+ list_for_each_entry(vq, &vdev->vqs, list) {
rvring = vq->priv;
- rvring->vq = NULL;
- vring_del_virtqueue(vq);
+ WRITE_ONCE(rvring->vq, NULL);
}
+
+ /* Synchronize with rproc_vq_interrupt() callers that found a queue. */
+ synchronize_srcu(&rproc->vq_srcu);
+
+ list_for_each_entry_safe(vq, n, &vdev->vqs, list)
+ vring_del_virtqueue(vq);
}

static void rproc_virtio_del_vqs(struct virtio_device *vdev)
@@ -242,6 +257,13 @@ static void rproc_virtio_reset(struct virtio_device *vdev)
dev_dbg(&vdev->dev, "reset !\n");
}

+static void rproc_virtio_synchronize_cbs(struct virtio_device *vdev)
+{
+ struct rproc *rproc = vdev_to_rproc(vdev);
+
+ synchronize_srcu(&rproc->vq_srcu);
+}
+
/* provide the vdev features as retrieved from the firmware */
static u64 rproc_virtio_get_features(struct virtio_device *vdev)
{
@@ -330,6 +352,7 @@ static const struct virtio_config_ops rproc_virtio_config_ops = {
.find_vqs = rproc_virtio_find_vqs,
.del_vqs = rproc_virtio_del_vqs,
.reset = rproc_virtio_reset,
+ .synchronize_cbs = rproc_virtio_synchronize_cbs,
.set_status = rproc_virtio_set_status,
.get_status = rproc_virtio_get_status,
.get = rproc_virtio_get,
diff --git a/include/linux/remoteproc.h b/include/linux/remoteproc.h
index 7c1546d48008..93a182b1868a 100644
--- a/include/linux/remoteproc.h
+++ b/include/linux/remoteproc.h
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
#include <linux/cdev.h>
#include <linux/completion.h>
#include <linux/idr.h>
+#include <linux/srcu.h>
#include <linux/of.h>
#include <linux/rsc_table.h>

@@ -256,6 +257,7 @@ enum rproc_features {
* @mappings: list of iommu mappings we initiated, needed on shutdown
* @bootaddr: address of first instruction to boot rproc with (optional)
* @rvdevs: list of remote virtio devices
+ * @vq_srcu: SRCU domain for the virtqueue callbacks of @rvdevs
* @subdevs: list of subdevices, to following the running state
* @notifyids: idr for dynamically assigning rproc-wide unique notify ids
* @index: index of this rproc device
@@ -298,6 +300,7 @@ struct rproc {
struct list_head mappings;
u64 bootaddr;
struct list_head rvdevs;
+ struct srcu_struct vq_srcu;
struct list_head subdevs;
struct idr notifyids;
int index;
--
2.39.5 (Apple Git-154)