From: Heikki Krogerus <heikki.krogerus@linux.intel.com>
To: RD Babiera <rdbabiera@google.com>
Cc: linux@roeck-us.net, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org,
hdegoede@redhat.com, badhri@google.com,
linux-usb@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1] usb: typec: tcpm: enforce ready state when queueing alt mode vdm
Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2024 11:18:40 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <Zi9X4DH+zNAd/mrw@kuha.fi.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CALzBnUHL4kWTQEncWfzNyze25_Ss_Pf8pyR2FOauyoLwNRrrMA@mail.gmail.com>
On Thu, Apr 25, 2024 at 10:37:21AM -0700, RD Babiera wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 25, 2024 at 2:49 AM Heikki Krogerus
> <heikki.krogerus@linux.intel.com> wrote:
> > I'm probable missing something, but wouldn't it be safer to check
> > port->state after grabbing the lock?
>
> I could have been more explicit in describing the deadlock, my bad.
> But there are two
> threads here:
>
> Thread A starts in the TCPM. It is the port state machine that
> transitions to DR_SWAP
> and holds port->lock. When it unregisters DisplayPort Alt Mode, it goes into the
> DP Alt Mode driver and hangs until any DP Alt Mode work is finished.
>
> Thread B starts in the DP Alt Mode driver. It attempts to call tcpm_enter_mode
> and the call to mutex_lock in tcpm_queue_vdm_unlock hangs because Thread A
> holds the lock. Thread A will never drop the lock because it waits for Thread B
> to finish.
>
> So, the check is done before grabbing the lock because the thread needs to avoid
> grabbing the lock in the first place. If port->state changes between
> queueing and
> sending the message, the VDM state machine will drop the message anyways
> because port->state isn't in the ready state as well.
Okay, thanks for the explanation.
Reviewed-by: Heikki Krogerus <heikki.krogerus@linux.intel.com>
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heikki
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Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-04-23 20:23 [PATCH v1] usb: typec: tcpm: enforce ready state when queueing alt mode vdm RD Babiera
2024-04-25 9:49 ` Heikki Krogerus
2024-04-25 17:37 ` RD Babiera
2024-04-29 8:18 ` Heikki Krogerus [this message]
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