From: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>
To: linux-input@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] Input: ipaq-micro-keys - fix potential deadlock
Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2026 23:05:42 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <aij-pfaKK-Nna7wf@google.com> (raw)
The driver acquires the micro->lock spinlock in process context (in
micro_key_start() and micro_key_stop()) without disabling interrupts.
However, this lock is also acquired in hardirq context by the MFD core
rx handler (micro_rx_msg()) which is called from the serial ISR.
This can lead to a lock inversion deadlock if the interrupt fires on the
same CPU while the process context holds the lock.
Fix this by using guard(spinlock_irq) instead of guard(spinlock) in
micro_key_start() and micro_key_stop() to disable interrupts while
holding the lock.
Reported-by: sashiko-bot@kernel.org
Assisted-by: Antigravity:gemini-3.5-flash
Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>
---
drivers/input/keyboard/ipaq-micro-keys.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/input/keyboard/ipaq-micro-keys.c b/drivers/input/keyboard/ipaq-micro-keys.c
index ca7ec054b1ce..63d589253e46 100644
--- a/drivers/input/keyboard/ipaq-micro-keys.c
+++ b/drivers/input/keyboard/ipaq-micro-keys.c
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ static void micro_key_receive(void *data, int len, unsigned char *msg)
static void micro_key_start(struct ipaq_micro_keys *keys)
{
- guard(spinlock)(&keys->micro->lock);
+ guard(spinlock_irq)(&keys->micro->lock);
keys->micro->key = micro_key_receive;
keys->micro->key_data = keys;
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ static void micro_key_start(struct ipaq_micro_keys *keys)
static void micro_key_stop(struct ipaq_micro_keys *keys)
{
- guard(spinlock)(&keys->micro->lock);
+ guard(spinlock_irq)(&keys->micro->lock);
keys->micro->key = NULL;
keys->micro->key_data = NULL;
--
2.54.0.1099.g489fc7bff1-goog
--
Dmitry
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