[PATCH 2/2] reset: Fix circular locking dependency in reset_controller_unregister()
From: Tzung-Bi Shih
Date: Mon Nov 02 2026 - 15:16:41 EST
reset_control_acquire() and reset_control_put_internal() acquire
`rcdev->lock` inside the `rstc->srcu` read-side critical section
(`rstc->srcu` -> `rcdev->lock`).
However, reset_controller_unregister() holds `rcdev->lock` while calling
synchronize_srcu(&rstc->srcu) (`rcdev->lock` -> `rstc->srcu`), causing a
lockdep circular locking dependency warning and a potential ABBA
deadlock.
Run synchronize_srcu() outside `rcdev->lock`.
Fixes: 44a0acb2caca ("reset: protect struct reset_controller_dev with its own mutex")
Signed-off-by: Tzung-Bi Shih <tzungbi@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
Test:
With "[PATCH v2] reset: Add KUnit test cases"[1] applied:
$ ./tools/testing/kunit/kunit.py run \
--kconfig_add CONFIG_RESET_CONTROLLER=y \
--kconfig_add CONFIG_RESET_KUNIT_TEST=y \
--kconfig_add CONFIG_PROVE_LOCKING=y \
--kconfig_add CONFIG_DEBUG_KERNEL=y \
--kconfig_add CONFIG_KASAN=y \
--arch=x86_64 \
--raw_output=all \
reset_test
[1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20261102155207.19252-1-tzungbi@xxxxxxxxxx
---
drivers/reset/core.c | 15 +++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/reset/core.c b/drivers/reset/core.c
index 1f6d7ef48a67..a36a4d6ff445 100644
--- a/drivers/reset/core.c
+++ b/drivers/reset/core.c
@@ -179,6 +179,7 @@ static void reset_controller_remove(struct reset_controller_dev *rcdev,
void reset_controller_unregister(struct reset_controller_dev *rcdev)
{
struct reset_control *rstc, *pos;
+ LIST_HEAD(reset_control_head);
scoped_guard(mutex, &reset_list_mutex)
list_del(&rcdev->list);
@@ -195,12 +196,22 @@ void reset_controller_unregister(struct reset_controller_dev *rcdev)
list_for_each_entry_safe(rstc, pos, &rcdev->reset_control_head, list) {
kref_get(&rstc->refcnt);
rcu_assign_pointer(rstc->rcdev, NULL);
- synchronize_srcu(&rstc->srcu);
reset_controller_remove(rcdev, rstc);
- reset_control_put_internal(rstc);
+ list_add(&rstc->list, &reset_control_head);
}
}
+ /*
+ * Run synchronize_srcu() outside rcdev->lock to avoid a circular
+ * locking dependency with paths that acquire rcdev->lock inside
+ * the rstc->srcu read-side critical section.
+ */
+ list_for_each_entry_safe(rstc, pos, &reset_control_head, list) {
+ list_del(&rstc->list);
+ synchronize_srcu(&rstc->srcu);
+ reset_control_put_internal(rstc);
+ }
+
mutex_destroy(&rcdev->lock);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(reset_controller_unregister);
--
2.53.0