Re: [PATCH v16 02/10] PCI/CXL: Update unregistration for AER-CXL and CPER-CXL kfifos

[Jonathan Cameron <jonathan.cameron@huawei.com>]

On Mon, 2 Mar 2026 14:36:40 -0600
Terry Bowman <terry.bowman@amd.com> wrote:

> The current AER-CXL kfifo unregistration does not cancel pending work after
> clearing the work function pointer. In addition, cancel_work_sync() is
> called on behalf of the CPER-CXL kfifo in cxl_ras_exit() and should be
> moved into the kfifo deregistration function.
> 
> Add logic to cancel the AER-CXL kfifo's pending work in
> cxl_unregister_proto_err_work().
> 
> Move the CPER-CXL kfifo cancel call from cxl_ras_exit() to
> cxl_cper_unregister_prot_err_work(). Release the CPER-CXL spinlock
> before calling cancel_work_sync() to avoid deadlock.
> 
> In both kfifo unregistration cases, add the necessary synchronization
> to enforce proper lock ordering: protect pointer updates under the
> lock, and clear the work pointer, then cancel any outstanding work
> after the lock is released.

From that description, this feels like it's walking the edge of
being a fix?  If so should call it out as such. If not, make it
clear there isn't a known bug being fixed up.

Otherwise seems sensible to me
Reviewed-by: Jonathan Cameron <jonathan.cameron@huawei.com>

> 
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cxl/6982ca54e094b_55fa1005@dwillia2-mobl4.notmuch/
> Signed-off-by: Terry Bowman <terry.bowman@amd.com>
> Assisted-by: Azure:gtp-4.1-nano-key
> 
> ----
> 
> Changes in v16:
> - New commit
> ---
>  drivers/acpi/apei/ghes.c      | 6 +++++-
>  drivers/cxl/core/ras.c        | 1 -
>  drivers/pci/pcie/aer_cxl_vh.c | 9 ++++++++-
>  3 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/acpi/apei/ghes.c b/drivers/acpi/apei/ghes.c
> index 8acd2742bb27..de935e0e1dcf 100644
> --- a/drivers/acpi/apei/ghes.c
> +++ b/drivers/acpi/apei/ghes.c
> @@ -776,8 +776,12 @@ int cxl_cper_unregister_prot_err_work(struct work_struct *work)
>  	if (cxl_cper_prot_err_work != work)
>  		return -EINVAL;
>  
> -	guard(spinlock)(&cxl_cper_prot_err_work_lock);
> +	spin_lock(&cxl_cper_prot_err_work_lock);
>  	cxl_cper_prot_err_work = NULL;
> +	spin_unlock(&cxl_cper_prot_err_work_lock);
> +
> +	cancel_work_sync(work);
> +
>  	return 0;
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS_GPL(cxl_cper_unregister_prot_err_work, "CXL");
> diff --git a/drivers/cxl/core/ras.c b/drivers/cxl/core/ras.c
> index 006c6ffc2f56..949d8c8ecdfe 100644
> --- a/drivers/cxl/core/ras.c
> +++ b/drivers/cxl/core/ras.c
> @@ -124,7 +124,6 @@ int cxl_ras_init(void)
>  void cxl_ras_exit(void)
>  {
>  	cxl_cper_unregister_prot_err_work(&cxl_cper_prot_err_work);
> -	cancel_work_sync(&cxl_cper_prot_err_work);
>  }
>  
>  static void cxl_dport_map_ras(struct cxl_dport *dport)
> diff --git a/drivers/pci/pcie/aer_cxl_vh.c b/drivers/pci/pcie/aer_cxl_vh.c
> index 7e2bc1894395..ebca1112652a 100644
> --- a/drivers/pci/pcie/aer_cxl_vh.c
> +++ b/drivers/pci/pcie/aer_cxl_vh.c
> @@ -74,8 +74,15 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS_GPL(cxl_register_proto_err_work, "CXL");
>  
>  void cxl_unregister_proto_err_work(void)
>  {
> -	guard(rwsem_write)(&cxl_proto_err_kfifo.rwsema);
> +	struct work_struct *work;
> +
> +	down_write(&cxl_proto_err_kfifo.rwsema);
> +	work = cxl_proto_err_kfifo.work;
>  	cxl_proto_err_kfifo.work = NULL;
> +	up_write(&cxl_proto_err_kfifo.rwsema);
> +
> +	if (work)
> +		cancel_work_sync(work);
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS_GPL(cxl_unregister_proto_err_work, "CXL");
>