[PATCH 11/19] usb: typec: tcpm: don't wait for the VDM discovery work
From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Tue Oct 27 2026 - 11:07:47 EST
From: Josef Bacik <josef@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
mod_vdm_discovery_cancel_delayed_work() calls kthread_cancel_work_sync()
with port->lock held, and tcpm_vdm_discovery_work() starts by taking
that lock. This is fine as long as the caller runs on the kthread
worker of the port, like the work. But tcpm_reset_port() is also
reached from tcpm_tcpc_reset(), which tcpci_irq() calls from its
interrupt thread. If the work is running, it waits for the lock while
the holder of the lock waits for the work.
Use a flag instead, protected by port->lock, which is set when the work
is scheduled and cleared when it is cancelled. The work returns at once
if the flag is not set.
tcpm_unregister_port() calls tcpm_reset_port() after it has destroyed
the worker. Commit 98d00deb6ae4 ("usb: typec: tcpm: fix use-after-free
of the kthread worker on port unregister") put a test of port->wq in
front of the cancel for that case. Nothing is cancelled any more, so
the test goes.
Fixes: 205dc9cb39f5 ("usb: typec: tcpm: implement retry mechanism for Discover Identity VDMs")
Cc: stable <stable@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Badhri Jagan Sridharan <badhri@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Heikki Krogerus <heikki.krogerus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Josef Bacik <josef@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/usb/typec/tcpm/tcpm.c | 14 ++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/usb/typec/tcpm/tcpm.c b/drivers/usb/typec/tcpm/tcpm.c
index d721baef5210..600e820a7b93 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/typec/tcpm/tcpm.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/typec/tcpm/tcpm.c
@@ -542,6 +542,7 @@ struct tcpm_port {
struct kthread_work enable_frs;
struct hrtimer vdm_discovery_timer;
struct kthread_work vdm_discovery_work;
+ bool vdm_discovery_armed;
bool state_machine_running;
/* Set to true when VDM State Machine has following actions. */
bool vdm_sm_running;
@@ -1768,15 +1769,20 @@ static void mod_enable_frs_delayed_work(struct tcpm_port *port, unsigned int del
}
}
+/*
+ * Called with port->lock held, which the work takes, and not only from the
+ * worker: the work cannot be waited for. It does nothing unless it is armed.
+ */
static void mod_vdm_discovery_cancel_delayed_work(struct tcpm_port *port)
{
hrtimer_cancel(&port->vdm_discovery_timer);
- if (port->wq)
- kthread_cancel_work_sync(&port->vdm_discovery_work);
+ port->vdm_discovery_armed = false;
}
static void mod_vdm_discovery_delayed_work(struct tcpm_port *port, unsigned int delay_ms)
{
+ port->vdm_discovery_armed = true;
+
if (delay_ms) {
hrtimer_start(&port->vdm_discovery_timer, ms_to_ktime(delay_ms), HRTIMER_MODE_REL);
} else {
@@ -7295,6 +7301,10 @@ static void tcpm_vdm_discovery_work(struct kthread_work *work)
mutex_lock(&port->lock);
+ if (!port->vdm_discovery_armed)
+ goto unlock;
+ port->vdm_discovery_armed = false;
+
tcpm_log_force(port, "%s state [%s]", __func__,
vdm_discovery_state_strings[port->vdm_discovery_state]);
--
2.56.0