Re: [BUG] bus: mhi: possible deadlock in mhi_pm_disable_transition() and mhi_async_power_up()

[Jia-Ju Bai <baijiaju1990@gmail.com>]

On 2022/2/2 1:15, Daniel Thompson wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 29, 2022 at 10:56:30AM +0800, Jia-Ju Bai wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> My static analysis tool reports a possible deadlock in the mhi driver in
>> Linux 5.10:
>>
>> mhi_async_power_up()
>>    mutex_lock(&mhi_cntrl->pm_mutex); --> Line 933 (Lock A)
>>    wait_event_timeout(mhi_cntrl->state_event, ...) --> Line 985 (Wait X)
>>    mutex_unlock(&mhi_cntrl->pm_mutex); --> Line 1040 (Unlock A)
>>
>> mhi_pm_disable_transition()
>>    mutex_lock(&mhi_cntrl->pm_mutex); --> Line 463 (Lock A)
>>    wake_up_all(&mhi_cntrl->state_event); --> Line 474 (Wake X)
>>    mutex_unlock(&mhi_cntrl->pm_mutex); --> Line 524 (Unlock A)
>>    wake_up_all(&mhi_cntrl->state_event); --> Line 526 (Wake X)
>>
>> When mhi_async_power_up() is executed, "Wait X" is performed by holding
>> "Lock A". If mhi_pm_disable_transition() is concurrently executed at this
>> time, "Wake X" cannot be performed to wake up "Wait X" in
>> mhi_async_power_up(), because "Lock A" is already hold by
>> mhi_async_power_up(), causing a possible deadlock.
>> I find that "Wait X" is performed with a timeout, to relieve the possible
>> deadlock; but I think this timeout can cause inefficient execution.
>>
>> I am not quite sure whether this possible problem is real and how to fix it
>> if it is real.
>> Any feedback would be appreciated, thanks :)
> Interesting find but I think it would be better to run your tool
> against more recent kernels to confirm any problem reports. In this
> case the code you mention looks like it was removed in v5.17-rc1
> (and should eventually make its way to the stable kernels too).

Hi Daniel,

Thanks for your reply :)
I check Linux v5.17-rc1 code, and find that this possible deadlock does 
not exist, due to the changes in commit d651ce8e917f.

However, my tool also reports several other possible deadlocks, which 
are caused by waiting with holding mhi_cntrl->pm_mutex.
There are two examples in Linux v5.17-rc1:

#BUG 1
mhi_pm_sys_error_transition()
   mutex_lock(&mhi_cntrl->pm_mutex); --> Line 572 (Lock A)
   wait_event_timeout(mhi_cntrl->state_event, ...); --> Line 600 (Wait X)
   mutex_unlock(&mhi_cntrl->pm_mutex); --> Line 630 (Unlock A)

mhi_pm_disable_transition()
   mutex_lock(&mhi_cntrl->pm_mutex); --> Line 464 (Lock A)
   mutex_unlock(&mhi_cntrl->pm_mutex); --> Line 496 (Unlock A)
   wake_up_all(&mhi_cntrl->state_event); --> Line 498 (Wake X)

#BUG 2
mhi_pm_sys_error_transition()
   mutex_lock(&mhi_cntrl->pm_mutex); --> Line 572 (Lock A)
   wait_event_timeout(mhi_cntrl->state_event, ...); --> Line 600 (Wait X)
   mutex_unlock(&mhi_cntrl->pm_mutex); --> Line 630 (Unlock A)

mhi_power_down()
   mutex_lock(&mhi_cntrl->pm_mutex); --> Line 1139 (Lock A)
   wake_up_all(&mhi_cntrl->state_event); --> Line 1165 (Wait X)
   mutex_unlock(&mhi_cntrl->pm_mutex); --> Line 1168 (Unlock A)

I am not quite sure whether these possible problems are real.
Any feedback would be appreciated, thanks :)


Best wishes,
Jia-Ju Bai