From: Liem <liem16213@gmail.com>
To: Oleksij Rempel <o.rempel@pengutronix.de>
Cc: Andi Shyti <andi.shyti@kernel.org>,
Pengutronix Kernel Team <kernel@pengutronix.de>,
Frank Li <Frank.Li@nxp.com>,
Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@pengutronix.de>,
Fabio Estevam <festevam@gmail.com>, Biwen Li <biwen.li@nxp.com>,
Wolfram Sang <wsa@kernel.org>,
linux-i2c@vger.kernel.org, imx@lists.linux.dev,
linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org,
Liem <liem16213@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2] i2c: imx: Fix slave registration error path and missing timer cleanup
Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:02:19 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260625160219.55116-1-liem16213@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260625071130.93544-1-liem16213@gmail.com>
There are two issues that affect the i2c-imx slave handling:
1. In i2c_imx_reg_slave(), i2c_imx->slave is checked at the beginning
and the function returns -EBUSY if it is non-NULL. If
pm_runtime_resume_and_get() fails later, the error path returns
without clearing i2c_imx->slave, leaving it non-NULL. Subsequent
attempts to register a slave will then immediately fail with
-EBUSY, making it impossible to register the slave again. Fix
by setting i2c_imx->slave = NULL on the error path.
2. In i2c_imx_unreg_slave(), the slave pointer is set to NULL after
disabling interrupts. However, a pending interrupt might already
have started the hrtimer (i2c_imx_slave_timeout) before the pointer
was cleared. If the hrtimer fires after i2c_imx->slave is set to
NULL, the timer callback i2c_imx_slave_finish_op() will call
i2c_imx_slave_event() with a NULL slave pointer, and the
last_slave_event check loop in i2c_imx_slave_finish_op() may cause
a system hang because last_slave_event is no longer updated. Fix
by canceling the hrtimer and waiting for it to complete after
disabling interrupts, before clearing the slave pointer.
Both issues can trigger a kernel oops, system hang, or permanent
slave registration failure under certain race conditions. Add the
missing NULL assignment and the missing hrtimer cleanup to harden
the slave path.
Fixes: f7414cd6923f ("i2c: imx: support slave mode for imx I2C driver")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Liem <liem16213@gmail.com>
---
v1 -> v2:
- Instead of adding a NULL check in i2c_imx_slave_event(), cancel
the hrtimer and wait for it to finish in i2c_imx_unreg_slave()
after disabling interrupts, as suggested by <Carlos Song>.
This avoids a potential hang in the last_slave_event loop in
i2c_imx_slave_finish_op().
---
drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-imx.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-imx.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-imx.c
index 28313d0fad37..04ffb927aba9 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-imx.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-imx.c
@@ -936,6 +936,7 @@ static int i2c_imx_reg_slave(struct i2c_client *client)
/* Resume */
ret = pm_runtime_resume_and_get(i2c_imx->adapter.dev.parent);
if (ret < 0) {
+ i2c_imx->slave = NULL;
dev_err(&i2c_imx->adapter.dev, "failed to resume i2c controller");
return ret;
}
@@ -957,7 +958,7 @@ static int i2c_imx_unreg_slave(struct i2c_client *client)
imx_i2c_write_reg(0, i2c_imx, IMX_I2C_IADR);
i2c_imx_reset_regs(i2c_imx);
-
+ hrtimer_cancel(&i2c_imx->slave_timer);
i2c_imx->slave = NULL;
/* Suspend */
--
2.53.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-06-25 16:02 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-06-25 7:11 [PATCH] i2c: imx: Fix slave registration error path and missing NULL check Liem
2026-06-25 7:26 ` sashiko-bot
2026-06-25 11:17 ` Carlos Song (OSS)
2026-06-25 16:02 ` Liem [this message]
2026-06-25 16:15 ` [PATCH v2] i2c: imx: Fix slave registration error path and missing timer cleanup sashiko-bot
2026-06-25 16:16 ` Frank Li
2026-06-26 1:55 ` liem
2026-06-26 2:58 ` [PATCH v3 0/2] Fix slave mode corner issues Liem
2026-06-26 2:58 ` [PATCH v3 1/2] i2c: imx: Clear slave pointer on registration error Liem
2026-06-26 6:23 ` Carlos Song (OSS)
2026-06-26 8:30 ` liem
2026-06-26 2:58 ` [PATCH v3 2/2] i2c: imx: Cancel hrtimer before clearing slave pointer Liem
2026-06-26 6:26 ` Carlos Song (OSS)
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