From: Markus Probst <markus.probst@posteo.de>
To: "Ayush Singh" <ayush@beagleboard.org>,
"Johan Hovold" <johan@kernel.org>,
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Cc: greybus-dev@lists.linaro.org, linux-serial@vger.kernel.org,
rust-for-linux@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
driver-core@lists.linux.dev,
Markus Probst <markus.probst@posteo.de>,
Sashiko Bot <sashiko-bot@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 2/5] rust: serdev: Replace `active` mutex with receive pause
Date: Sun, 06 Sep 2026 15:55:30 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260906-rust_serdev_probe_refactor-v1-2-69cdae0074ec@posteo.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260906-rust_serdev_probe_refactor-v1-0-69cdae0074ec@posteo.de>
There are currently 2 race conditions:
- in probe if `Driver::probe` returns Err
- in unbind
. In those cases the driver data will be set to NULL before the serdev
device was closed. If data is received while the driver data is dropped,
the `receive_buf_callback` might try to access the `active` mutex on a
null pointer.
Removing the need for `receive_buf_callback` to lock the `active` mutex
fixes these.
Fixes: 99f59aa82341 ("rust: add basic serial device bus abstractions")
Reported-by: Sashiko Bot <sashiko-bot@kernel.org>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-serial/20260905000836.C8FC91F00A3D@smtp.kernel.org/
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-serial/20260903222159.70A911F000E9@smtp.kernel.org/
Signed-off-by: Markus Probst <markus.probst@posteo.de>
---
rust/kernel/serdev.rs | 60 ++++++++++++---------------------------------------
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 46 deletions(-)
diff --git a/rust/kernel/serdev.rs b/rust/kernel/serdev.rs
index 17ca504b7f8d..c16d6593a8d2 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/serdev.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/serdev.rs
@@ -13,13 +13,9 @@
to_result,
VTABLE_DEFAULT_ERROR, //
},
- new_mutex,
of,
prelude::*,
- sync::{
- aref::AlwaysRefCounted,
- Mutex, //
- },
+ sync::aref::AlwaysRefCounted,
time::Jiffies,
types::{
Opaque,
@@ -103,40 +99,11 @@ pub struct PrivateData<'bound, T: Driver> {
#[pin]
driver: UnsafeCell<MaybeUninit<T::Data<'bound>>>,
open: UnsafeCell<bool>,
- /// Whether `receive_buf_callback` is allowed to call `Driver::receive`.
- ///
- /// If locked, the receive_buf_callback will be blocked on data reception.
- /// This is the case while the driver is being probed or while [`PrivateData`] is being dropped.
- /// This is necessary, because we need to open the serdev device before the driver has been
- /// probed in order to allow it to be configured, which allows `receive_buf_callback` to be
- /// called. Thus we need to block data until probe completes and the driver data becomes
- /// initialized.
- ///
- /// If unlocked and true, the receive_buf_callback will forward the data to
- /// `Driver::receive`. This is the normal state of operation.
- ///
- /// If unlocked and false, the receive_buf_callback will throw away the data.
- /// This is only the case, if the serdev device is open and
- /// - the driver returned an error in probe
- /// or
- /// - the driver data already has been dropped, because it was unbound.
- #[pin]
- active: Mutex<bool>,
}
#[pinned_drop]
impl<T: Driver> PinnedDrop for PrivateData<'_, T> {
fn drop(self: Pin<&mut Self>) {
- let mut active = self.active.lock();
- if *active {
- // SAFETY:
- // - We have exclusive access to `self.driver`.
- // - `self.driver` is guaranteed to be initialized.
- unsafe { (*self.driver.get()).assume_init_drop() };
- *active = false;
- }
- drop(active);
-
// SAFETY: We have exclusive access to `self.open`.
if unsafe { *self.open.get() } {
// SAFETY: `self.sdev.as_raw()` is guaranteed to be a pointer to a valid
@@ -170,7 +137,6 @@ extern "C" fn probe_callback(sdev: *mut bindings::serdev_device) -> kernel::ffi:
sdev: &**sdev,
driver: MaybeUninit::<T::Data<'_>>::zeroed().into(),
open: false.into(),
- active <- new_mutex!(false),
}))?;
// SAFETY: We just set drvdata to `PrivateData<'_, T>`.
let private_data = unsafe { sdev.as_ref().drvdata_borrow::<PrivateData<'_, T>>() };
@@ -178,11 +144,12 @@ extern "C" fn probe_callback(sdev: *mut bindings::serdev_device) -> kernel::ffi:
// SAFETY: We just set drvdata to `PrivateData<'_, T>`.
drop(unsafe { sdev.as_ref().drvdata_obtain::<PrivateData<'_, T>>() });
});
- let mut active = private_data.active.lock();
-
// SAFETY: `sdev.as_raw()` is guaranteed to be a valid pointer to `serdev_device`.
unsafe { bindings::serdev_device_set_client_ops(sdev.as_raw(), Self::OPS) };
+ // SAFETY: `sdev.as_raw()` is guaranteed to be a valid pointer to `serdev_device`.
+ unsafe { bindings::serdev_device_pause_rx(sdev.as_raw()) };
+
// SAFETY: The serial device bus only ever calls the probe callback with a valid pointer
// to a `serdev_device`.
to_result(unsafe { bindings::serdev_device_open(sdev.as_raw()) })?;
@@ -199,12 +166,12 @@ extern "C" fn probe_callback(sdev: *mut bindings::serdev_device) -> kernel::ffi:
// - `private_data.driver` is pinned.
let result = unsafe { pin_init::raw_try_init(driver.as_mut_ptr(), data) };
- *active = result.is_ok();
-
- drop(active);
-
result.map(|()| {
private_data.dismiss();
+
+ // SAFETY: `sdev.as_raw()` is guaranteed to be a valid pointer to `serdev_device`.
+ unsafe { bindings::serdev_device_resume_rx(sdev.as_raw()) };
+
0
})
})
@@ -231,6 +198,12 @@ extern "C" fn remove_callback(sdev: *mut bindings::serdev_device) {
let data_pinned = unsafe { Pin::new_unchecked(data.assume_init_ref()) };
T::unbind(sdev, data_pinned);
+
+ // SAFETY: `sdev.as_raw()` is guaranteed to be a valid pointer to `serdev_device`.
+ unsafe { bindings::serdev_device_pause_rx(sdev.as_raw()) };
+
+ // SAFETY: We already established that `data` is guaranteed to be initialized.
+ unsafe { data.assume_init_drop() };
}
extern "C" fn receive_buf_callback(
@@ -248,11 +221,6 @@ extern "C" fn receive_buf_callback(
// `probe_callback`, hence it's guaranteed that `Device::set_drvdata()` has been called
// and stored a `Pin<KBox<PrivateData<'_, T>>>`.
let private_data = unsafe { sdev.as_ref().drvdata_borrow::<PrivateData<'_, T>>() };
- let active = private_data.active.lock();
-
- if !*active {
- return length;
- }
// SAFETY: No one has exclusive access to `private_data.driver`.
let data = unsafe { &*private_data.driver.get() };
--
2.55.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-06 15:55 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-06 15:55 [PATCH 0/5] rust: serdev: Refactor Markus Probst
2026-09-06 15:55 ` [PATCH 1/5] tty: serdev: Export functions to pause receive_buf callback calls Markus Probst
2026-09-06 16:08 ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-06 15:55 ` Markus Probst [this message]
2026-09-06 16:09 ` [PATCH 2/5] rust: serdev: Replace `active` mutex with receive pause sashiko-bot
2026-09-06 15:55 ` [PATCH 3/5] rust: serdev: Simplify callbacks Markus Probst
2026-09-06 16:13 ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-06 15:55 ` [PATCH 4/5] rust: Add `Device::drvdata_borrow_mut` Markus Probst
2026-09-06 16:08 ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-06 15:55 ` [PATCH 5/5] rust: serdev: Pause receive callback before calling unbind Markus Probst
2026-09-06 16:11 ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-06 16:20 ` Danilo Krummrich
2026-09-06 17:36 ` Markus Probst
2026-09-06 20:13 ` Gary Guo
2026-09-06 22:51 ` Markus Probst
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