* [PATCH v4 1/3] hwspinlock: Convert to XArray
2026-07-18 16:30 [PATCH v4 0/3] hwspinlock: convert to XArray and add debug capabilities Wolfram Sang
@ 2026-07-18 16:30 ` Wolfram Sang
2026-07-26 21:20 ` Wolfram Sang
2026-07-18 16:30 ` [PATCH v4 2/3] hwspinlock: add list of mailboxes to debugfs Wolfram Sang
2026-07-18 16:30 ` [PATCH v4 3/3] hwspinlock: add low level debug capabilities Wolfram Sang
2 siblings, 1 reply; 7+ messages in thread
From: Wolfram Sang @ 2026-07-18 16:30 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-renesas-soc
Cc: Matthew Wilcox, linux-kernel, Wolfram Sang, Bjorn Andersson,
Baolin Wang, linux-remoteproc
From: "Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)" <willy@infradead.org>
The radix tree is deprecated. The XArray uses the same data structure
with a nicer interface. The hwspinlock_tree_lock is not needed as the
spinlock built into the XArray is sufficient for all these cases after
we split a larger critical section in hwspin_lock_request_specific()
into two smaller ones.
Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@infradead.org>
Co-developed-by: Wolfram Sang <wsa+renesas@sang-engineering.com>
Signed-off-by: Wolfram Sang <wsa+renesas@sang-engineering.com>
---
drivers/hwspinlock/hwspinlock_core.c | 160 +++++++++++----------------
1 file changed, 65 insertions(+), 95 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/hwspinlock/hwspinlock_core.c b/drivers/hwspinlock/hwspinlock_core.c
index a509b73da190..e2b7a2271de6 100644
--- a/drivers/hwspinlock/hwspinlock_core.c
+++ b/drivers/hwspinlock/hwspinlock_core.c
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
#include <linux/types.h>
#include <linux/err.h>
#include <linux/jiffies.h>
-#include <linux/radix-tree.h>
+#include <linux/xarray.h>
#include <linux/hwspinlock.h>
#include <linux/pm_runtime.h>
#include <linux/mutex.h>
@@ -27,35 +27,21 @@
/* retry delay used in atomic context */
#define HWSPINLOCK_RETRY_DELAY_US 100
-/* radix tree tags */
-#define HWSPINLOCK_UNUSED (0) /* tags an hwspinlock as unused */
+/* XArray search mark */
+#define HWSPINLOCK_UNUSED XA_MARK_0 /* marks a hwspinlock as unused */
/*
- * A radix tree is used to maintain the available hwspinlock instances.
+ * An XArray is used to maintain the available hwspinlock instances.
* The tree associates hwspinlock pointers with their integer key id,
* and provides easy-to-use API which makes the hwspinlock core code simple
* and easy to read.
*
- * Radix trees are quick on lookups, and reasonably efficient in terms of
+ * XArrays are quick on lookups, and reasonably efficient in terms of
* storage, especially with high density usages such as this framework
* requires (a continuous range of integer keys, beginning with zero, is
- * used as the ID's of the hwspinlock instances).
- *
- * The radix tree API supports tagging items in the tree, which this
- * framework uses to mark unused hwspinlock instances (see the
- * HWSPINLOCK_UNUSED tag above). As a result, the process of querying the
- * tree, looking for an unused hwspinlock instance, is now reduced to a
- * single radix tree API call.
- */
-static RADIX_TREE(hwspinlock_tree, GFP_KERNEL);
-
-/*
- * Synchronization of access to the tree is achieved using this mutex,
- * as the radix-tree API requires that users provide all synchronisation.
- * A mutex is needed because we're using non-atomic radix tree allocations.
+ * used as the ID of the hwspinlock instances).
*/
-static DEFINE_MUTEX(hwspinlock_tree_lock);
-
+static DEFINE_XARRAY(hwspinlocks);
/**
* __hwspin_trylock() - attempt to lock a specific hwspinlock
@@ -369,10 +355,9 @@ of_hwspin_lock_simple_xlate(const struct of_phandle_args *hwlock_spec)
*/
int of_hwspin_lock_get_id(struct device_node *np, int index)
{
+ XA_STATE(xas, &hwspinlocks, 0);
struct of_phandle_args args;
struct hwspinlock *hwlock;
- struct radix_tree_iter iter;
- void **slot;
int id;
int ret;
@@ -389,15 +374,9 @@ int of_hwspin_lock_get_id(struct device_node *np, int index)
/* Find the hwspinlock device: we need its base_id */
ret = -EPROBE_DEFER;
rcu_read_lock();
- radix_tree_for_each_slot(slot, &hwspinlock_tree, &iter, 0) {
- hwlock = radix_tree_deref_slot(slot);
- if (unlikely(!hwlock))
- continue;
- if (radix_tree_deref_retry(hwlock)) {
- slot = radix_tree_iter_retry(&iter);
+ xas_for_each(&xas, hwlock, ULONG_MAX) {
+ if (xas_retry(&xas, hwlock))
continue;
- }
-
if (device_match_of_node(hwlock->bank->dev, args.np)) {
ret = 0;
break;
@@ -452,51 +431,50 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(of_hwspin_lock_get_id_byname);
static int hwspin_lock_register_single(struct hwspinlock *hwlock, int id)
{
- struct hwspinlock *tmp;
+ XA_STATE(xas, &hwspinlocks, id);
+ struct hwspinlock *existing;
int ret;
- mutex_lock(&hwspinlock_tree_lock);
-
- ret = radix_tree_insert(&hwspinlock_tree, id, hwlock);
- if (ret) {
- if (ret == -EEXIST)
+ do {
+ xas_lock(&xas);
+ existing = xas_load(&xas);
+ if (existing) {
pr_err("hwspinlock id %d already exists!\n", id);
- goto out;
- }
-
- /* mark this hwspinlock as available */
- tmp = radix_tree_tag_set(&hwspinlock_tree, id, HWSPINLOCK_UNUSED);
+ xas_set_err(&xas, -EBUSY);
+ }
+ xas_store(&xas, hwlock);
- /* self-sanity check which should never fail */
- WARN_ON(tmp != hwlock);
+ /* mark this hwspinlock as available */
+ xas_set_mark(&xas, HWSPINLOCK_UNUSED);
+ ret = xas_error(&xas);
+ xas_unlock(&xas);
+ } while (xas_nomem(&xas, GFP_KERNEL));
-out:
- mutex_unlock(&hwspinlock_tree_lock);
return ret;
}
static struct hwspinlock *hwspin_lock_unregister_single(unsigned int id)
{
+ XA_STATE(xas, &hwspinlocks, id);
struct hwspinlock *hwlock = NULL;
- int ret;
+ bool unused;
- mutex_lock(&hwspinlock_tree_lock);
+ xas_lock(&xas);
+ xas_load(&xas);
- /* make sure the hwspinlock is not in use (tag is set) */
- ret = radix_tree_tag_get(&hwspinlock_tree, id, HWSPINLOCK_UNUSED);
- if (ret == 0) {
+ /* make sure the hwspinlock is not in use (mark is set) */
+ unused = xas_get_mark(&xas, HWSPINLOCK_UNUSED);
+ if (!unused) {
pr_err("hwspinlock %d still in use (or not present)\n", id);
goto out;
}
- hwlock = radix_tree_delete(&hwspinlock_tree, id);
- if (!hwlock) {
- pr_err("failed to delete hwspinlock %d\n", id);
- goto out;
- }
+ hwlock = xas_store(&xas, NULL);
+ if (!hwlock)
+ pr_err("hwspinlock %d already deleted\n", id);
out:
- mutex_unlock(&hwspinlock_tree_lock);
+ xas_unlock(&xas);
return hwlock;
}
@@ -666,20 +644,18 @@ int devm_hwspin_lock_register(struct device *dev,
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(devm_hwspin_lock_register);
/**
- * __hwspin_lock_request() - tag an hwspinlock as used and power it up
+ * hwspin_lock_prepare() - prepare a hwspinlock
* @hwlock: the target hwspinlock
*
* This is an internal function that prepares an hwspinlock instance
- * before it is given to the user. The function assumes that
- * hwspinlock_tree_lock is taken.
+ * before it is given to the user.
*
* Returns: %0 or positive to indicate success, and a negative value to
* indicate an error (with the appropriate error code)
*/
-static int __hwspin_lock_request(struct hwspinlock *hwlock)
+static int hwspin_lock_prepare(struct hwspinlock *hwlock)
{
struct device *dev = hwlock->bank->dev;
- struct hwspinlock *tmp;
int ret;
/* prevent underlying implementation from being removed */
@@ -697,16 +673,7 @@ static int __hwspin_lock_request(struct hwspinlock *hwlock)
return ret;
}
- ret = 0;
-
- /* mark hwspinlock as used, should not fail */
- tmp = radix_tree_tag_clear(&hwspinlock_tree, hwlock_to_id(hwlock),
- HWSPINLOCK_UNUSED);
-
- /* self-sanity check that should never fail */
- WARN_ON(tmp != hwlock);
-
- return ret;
+ return 0;
}
/**
@@ -724,13 +691,14 @@ static int __hwspin_lock_request(struct hwspinlock *hwlock)
*/
struct hwspinlock *hwspin_lock_request_specific(unsigned int id)
{
+ XA_STATE(xas, &hwspinlocks, id);
struct hwspinlock *hwlock;
+ bool unused;
int ret;
- mutex_lock(&hwspinlock_tree_lock);
+ xas_lock(&xas);
- /* make sure this hwspinlock exists */
- hwlock = radix_tree_lookup(&hwspinlock_tree, id);
+ hwlock = xas_load(&xas);
if (!hwlock) {
pr_warn("hwspinlock %u does not exist\n", id);
goto out;
@@ -739,21 +707,25 @@ struct hwspinlock *hwspin_lock_request_specific(unsigned int id)
/* sanity check (this shouldn't happen) */
WARN_ON(hwlock_to_id(hwlock) != id);
- /* make sure this hwspinlock is unused */
- ret = radix_tree_tag_get(&hwspinlock_tree, id, HWSPINLOCK_UNUSED);
- if (ret == 0) {
+ unused = xas_get_mark(&xas, HWSPINLOCK_UNUSED);
+ if (!unused) {
pr_warn("hwspinlock %u is already in use\n", id);
hwlock = NULL;
goto out;
}
- /* mark as used and power up */
- ret = __hwspin_lock_request(hwlock);
- if (ret < 0)
- hwlock = NULL;
+ xas_clear_mark(&xas, HWSPINLOCK_UNUSED);
+ xas_unlock(&xas);
+ ret = hwspin_lock_prepare(hwlock);
+
+ xas_lock(&xas);
+ if (ret < 0) {
+ hwlock = NULL;
+ xas_set_mark(&xas, HWSPINLOCK_UNUSED);
+ }
out:
- mutex_unlock(&hwspinlock_tree_lock);
+ xas_unlock(&xas);
return hwlock;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(hwspin_lock_request_specific);
@@ -772,9 +744,10 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(hwspin_lock_request_specific);
*/
int hwspin_lock_free(struct hwspinlock *hwlock)
{
+ XA_STATE(xas, &hwspinlocks, 0);
struct device *dev;
- struct hwspinlock *tmp;
- int ret;
+ bool unused;
+ int ret = 0;
if (!hwlock) {
pr_err("invalid hwlock\n");
@@ -782,12 +755,13 @@ int hwspin_lock_free(struct hwspinlock *hwlock)
}
dev = hwlock->bank->dev;
- mutex_lock(&hwspinlock_tree_lock);
+ xas_lock(&xas);
+ xas_set(&xas, hwlock_to_id(hwlock));
+ xas_load(&xas);
/* make sure the hwspinlock is used */
- ret = radix_tree_tag_get(&hwspinlock_tree, hwlock_to_id(hwlock),
- HWSPINLOCK_UNUSED);
- if (ret == 1) {
+ unused = xas_get_mark(&xas, HWSPINLOCK_UNUSED);
+ if (unused) {
dev_err(dev, "%s: hwlock is already free\n", __func__);
dump_stack();
ret = -EINVAL;
@@ -798,16 +772,12 @@ int hwspin_lock_free(struct hwspinlock *hwlock)
pm_runtime_put(dev);
/* mark this hwspinlock as available */
- tmp = radix_tree_tag_set(&hwspinlock_tree, hwlock_to_id(hwlock),
- HWSPINLOCK_UNUSED);
-
- /* sanity check (this shouldn't happen) */
- WARN_ON(tmp != hwlock);
+ xas_set_mark(&xas, HWSPINLOCK_UNUSED);
module_put(dev->driver->owner);
out:
- mutex_unlock(&hwspinlock_tree_lock);
+ xas_unlock(&xas);
return ret;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(hwspin_lock_free);
--
2.51.0
^ permalink raw reply related [flat|nested] 7+ messages in thread* Re: [PATCH v4 1/3] hwspinlock: Convert to XArray
2026-07-18 16:30 ` [PATCH v4 1/3] hwspinlock: Convert to XArray Wolfram Sang
@ 2026-07-26 21:20 ` Wolfram Sang
0 siblings, 0 replies; 7+ messages in thread
From: Wolfram Sang @ 2026-07-26 21:20 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-renesas-soc
Cc: Matthew Wilcox, linux-kernel, Bjorn Andersson, Baolin Wang,
linux-remoteproc
> [Severity: High]
> This is a pre-existing issue, but does dereferencing hwlock->bank->dev under
> rcu_read_lock() and later accessing hwlock->bank->num_locks after dropping it
> in of_hwspin_lock_get_id() lead to a Use-After-Free?
>
> While the XArray (and previously Radix Tree) lookup yields a pointer to
> hwlock, the hwlock structure is managed by devres (e.g. devm_kzalloc) which
> frees the memory synchronously on device unbind without waiting for an RCU
> grace period.
My next hwspinlock series will tackle the plenty of UAF issues.
> [Severity: High]
> This is a pre-existing issue, but does aborting here lead to dangling
> pointers in the XArray when devres subsequently frees the bank memory?
Ditto.
> > + xas_unlock(&xas);
> >
> > + ret = hwspin_lock_prepare(hwlock);
> > +
> > + xas_lock(&xas);
> > + if (ret < 0) {
> > + hwlock = NULL;
> > + xas_set_mark(&xas, HWSPINLOCK_UNUSED);
>
> [Severity: High]
> Can reusing the un-reset XA_STATE after dropping the XArray lock and sleeping
> in hwspin_lock_request_specific() lead to a Use-After-Free?
>
> This function drops the XArray lock and calls hwspin_lock_prepare(), which can
> sleep via pm_runtime_get_sync(). While sleeping, concurrent modifications to
> the XArray can cause internal nodes to be reallocated or freed.
>
> Upon waking, if hwspin_lock_prepare() fails, the function reacquires the lock
> and calls xas_set_mark(&xas, HWSPINLOCK_UNUSED) using the stale xas iterator,
> which might dereference the potentially freed xas.xa_node.
I fixed this in v5 to be sent soon.
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* [PATCH v4 2/3] hwspinlock: add list of mailboxes to debugfs
2026-07-18 16:30 [PATCH v4 0/3] hwspinlock: convert to XArray and add debug capabilities Wolfram Sang
2026-07-18 16:30 ` [PATCH v4 1/3] hwspinlock: Convert to XArray Wolfram Sang
@ 2026-07-18 16:30 ` Wolfram Sang
2026-07-26 21:20 ` Wolfram Sang
2026-07-18 16:30 ` [PATCH v4 3/3] hwspinlock: add low level debug capabilities Wolfram Sang
2 siblings, 1 reply; 7+ messages in thread
From: Wolfram Sang @ 2026-07-18 16:30 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-renesas-soc
Cc: Matthew Wilcox, linux-kernel, Wolfram Sang, Bjorn Andersson,
Baolin Wang, linux-remoteproc
To help debugging, offer a list of registered hwspinlocks in debugfs. It
will also print the responsible hwspinlock_device and if the spinlock is
currently used. It does not show if the lock is taken because of
side-effects. Often, reading a lock means actually taking it.
Signed-off-by: Wolfram Sang <wsa+renesas@sang-engineering.com>
---
drivers/hwspinlock/hwspinlock_core.c | 67 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 67 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/hwspinlock/hwspinlock_core.c b/drivers/hwspinlock/hwspinlock_core.c
index e2b7a2271de6..84e9aae6ef44 100644
--- a/drivers/hwspinlock/hwspinlock_core.c
+++ b/drivers/hwspinlock/hwspinlock_core.c
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
#define pr_fmt(fmt) "%s: " fmt, __func__
+#include <linux/debugfs.h>
#include <linux/delay.h>
#include <linux/kernel.h>
#include <linux/module.h>
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@
#include <linux/pm_runtime.h>
#include <linux/mutex.h>
#include <linux/of.h>
+#include <linux/seq_file.h>
#include "hwspinlock_internal.h"
@@ -858,5 +860,70 @@ struct hwspinlock *devm_hwspin_lock_request_specific(struct device *dev,
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(devm_hwspin_lock_request_specific);
+#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_FS
+static void *hwspin_lock_seq_start(struct seq_file *s, loff_t *ppos)
+{
+ unsigned long index = *ppos;
+ struct hwspinlock *hwlock;
+
+ rcu_read_lock();
+ hwlock = xa_find(&hwspinlocks, &index, ULONG_MAX, XA_PRESENT);
+ *ppos = index;
+
+ return hwlock;
+}
+
+static void *hwspin_lock_seq_next(struct seq_file *s, void *v, loff_t *ppos)
+{
+ /* Increase ppos here to avoid endless loops. Don't use xa_find_after() */
+ unsigned long index = *ppos + 1;
+ struct hwspinlock *hwlock;
+
+ hwlock = xa_find(&hwspinlocks, &index, ULONG_MAX, XA_PRESENT);
+ *ppos = index;
+
+ return hwlock;
+}
+
+static void hwspin_lock_seq_stop(struct seq_file *s, void *v)
+{
+ rcu_read_unlock();
+}
+
+static int hwspin_lock_seq_show(struct seq_file *s, void *v)
+{
+ struct hwspinlock *hwlock = v;
+ bool unused = xa_get_mark(&hwspinlocks, s->index, HWSPINLOCK_UNUSED);
+
+ seq_printf(s, "%4llu:\t%s\t%s\n", s->index, unused ? "free" : "in use",
+ dev_name(hwlock->bank->dev));
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static const struct seq_operations hwspinlock_sops = {
+ .start = hwspin_lock_seq_start,
+ .next = hwspin_lock_seq_next,
+ .stop = hwspin_lock_seq_stop,
+ .show = hwspin_lock_seq_show,
+};
+DEFINE_SEQ_ATTRIBUTE(hwspinlock);
+
+/*
+ * subsys_initcall() is used here but controllers may already have been
+ * registered earlier or will be later. The rationale is that debugfs is
+ * accessed only late, i.e. from userspace. So, files created here must make no
+ * assumptions about initcall ordering.
+ */
+static int __init hwspin_lock_init(void)
+{
+ struct dentry *hwspinlock_debugfs = debugfs_create_dir("hwspinlock", NULL);
+
+ debugfs_create_file("hwspinlock_summary", 0444, hwspinlock_debugfs,
+ NULL, &hwspinlock_fops);
+ return 0;
+}
+subsys_initcall(hwspin_lock_init);
+#endif /* DEBUG_FS */
+
MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Hardware spinlock interface");
MODULE_AUTHOR("Ohad Ben-Cohen <ohad@wizery.com>");
--
2.51.0
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2026-07-18 16:30 [PATCH v4 0/3] hwspinlock: convert to XArray and add debug capabilities Wolfram Sang
2026-07-18 16:30 ` [PATCH v4 1/3] hwspinlock: Convert to XArray Wolfram Sang
2026-07-18 16:30 ` [PATCH v4 2/3] hwspinlock: add list of mailboxes to debugfs Wolfram Sang
@ 2026-07-18 16:30 ` Wolfram Sang
2026-07-26 21:26 ` Wolfram Sang
2 siblings, 1 reply; 7+ messages in thread
From: Wolfram Sang @ 2026-07-18 16:30 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-renesas-soc
Cc: Matthew Wilcox, linux-kernel, Wolfram Sang, Bjorn Andersson,
Baolin Wang, linux-remoteproc
While developing the hwspinlock core or a device driver, it can be
really helpful to change states from userspace. Add a debugsfs interface
to request, free, lock, unlock, and test hwspinlocks. Because this is a
potentially dangerous interface, it can only be enabled via source code.
Similar to writeable attributes for clocks where this idea stems from.
The created files take a single id for a single lock. To test all locks
in a system, one could use this oneliner while in the debugfs directory:
for l in $(cut -d: -f1 hwspinlock_summary); do echo $l > test_lock; done
Signed-off-by: Wolfram Sang <wsa+renesas@sang-engineering.com>
---
drivers/hwspinlock/hwspinlock_core.c | 122 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 122 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/hwspinlock/hwspinlock_core.c b/drivers/hwspinlock/hwspinlock_core.c
index 84e9aae6ef44..052dea7e4850 100644
--- a/drivers/hwspinlock/hwspinlock_core.c
+++ b/drivers/hwspinlock/hwspinlock_core.c
@@ -908,6 +908,110 @@ static const struct seq_operations hwspinlock_sops = {
};
DEFINE_SEQ_ATTRIBUTE(hwspinlock);
+/*
+ * This can be dangerous, therefore don't provide any real compile time
+ * configuration option for this feature.
+ * People who want to use this will need to modify the source code directly.
+ */
+#undef HWSPINLOCK_LOW_LEVEL_DEBUG
+#ifdef HWSPINLOCK_LOW_LEVEL_DEBUG
+
+static struct hwspinlock *hwspin_lock_ll_debug_get(u64 id)
+{
+ struct hwspinlock *hwlock;
+ unsigned long index = id;
+
+ rcu_read_lock();
+ hwlock = xa_find(&hwspinlocks, &index, ULONG_MAX, XA_PRESENT);
+ rcu_read_unlock();
+
+ return hwlock;
+}
+
+static int fops_request_set(void *data, u64 id)
+{
+ struct hwspinlock *hwlock = hwspin_lock_request_specific(id);
+
+ return hwlock ? 0 : -ENOENT;
+}
+DEFINE_DEBUGFS_ATTRIBUTE(fops_request, NULL, fops_request_set, "%llu\n");
+
+static int fops_free_set(void *data, u64 id)
+{
+ struct hwspinlock *hwlock = hwspin_lock_ll_debug_get(id);
+
+ return hwlock ? hwspin_lock_free(hwlock) : -ENOENT;
+}
+DEFINE_DEBUGFS_ATTRIBUTE(fops_free, NULL, fops_free_set, "%llu\n");
+
+/*
+ * It is intentionally allowed to lock/free hwspinlocks which have not been
+ * requested before. Like error injection, these inconsistent states can be
+ * very useful for debugging.
+ */
+static int fops_trylock_raw_set(void *data, u64 id)
+{
+ struct hwspinlock *hwlock = hwspin_lock_ll_debug_get(id);
+
+ return hwlock ? hwspin_trylock_raw(hwlock) : -ENOENT;
+}
+DEFINE_DEBUGFS_ATTRIBUTE(fops_trylock_raw, NULL, fops_trylock_raw_set, "%llu\n");
+
+static int fops_unlock_raw_set(void *data, u64 id)
+{
+ struct hwspinlock *hwlock = hwspin_lock_ll_debug_get(id);
+
+ if (hwlock)
+ hwspin_unlock_raw(hwlock);
+
+ return 0;
+}
+DEFINE_DEBUGFS_ATTRIBUTE(fops_unlock_raw, NULL, fops_unlock_raw_set, "%llu\n");
+
+static int fops_test_set(void *data, u64 id)
+{
+ struct hwspinlock *hwlock = hwspin_lock_request_specific(id);
+ int ret;
+
+ if (!hwlock)
+ return -ENOENT;
+
+ /* Try twice to see if unlocking was also successful */
+ for (int i = 0; i < 2; i++) {
+ ret = hwspin_trylock(hwlock);
+ if (ret) {
+ hwspin_lock_free(hwlock);
+ return ret;
+ }
+
+ ret = hwspin_trylock(hwlock);
+ if (ret != -EBUSY) {
+ hwspin_lock_free(hwlock);
+ return -EACCES;
+ }
+
+ hwspin_unlock(hwlock);
+ }
+
+ ret = hwspin_lock_free(hwlock);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+
+ pr_info("Successfully tested lock %llu\n", id);
+ return 0;
+}
+DEFINE_DEBUGFS_ATTRIBUTE(fops_test, NULL, fops_test_set, "%llu\n");
+
+static void hwspin_lock_low_level_debug_init(struct dentry *rootdir)
+{
+ debugfs_create_file("request", 0200, rootdir, NULL, &fops_request);
+ debugfs_create_file("free", 0200, rootdir, NULL, &fops_free);
+ debugfs_create_file("lock", 0200, rootdir, NULL, &fops_trylock_raw);
+ debugfs_create_file("unlock", 0200, rootdir, NULL, &fops_unlock_raw);
+ debugfs_create_file("test_lock", 0200, rootdir, NULL, &fops_test);
+}
+#endif
+
/*
* subsys_initcall() is used here but controllers may already have been
* registered earlier or will be later. The rationale is that debugfs is
@@ -920,6 +1024,24 @@ static int __init hwspin_lock_init(void)
debugfs_create_file("hwspinlock_summary", 0444, hwspinlock_debugfs,
NULL, &hwspinlock_fops);
+
+#ifdef HWSPINLOCK_LOW_LEVEL_DEBUG
+ pr_warn("**********************************************************\n");
+ pr_warn("** NOTICE NOTICE NOTICE NOTICE NOTICE NOTICE NOTICE **\n");
+ pr_warn("** **\n");
+ pr_warn("** Low Level Debug for hwspinlocks is compiled in! **\n");
+ pr_warn("** **\n");
+ pr_warn("** This means safety, security, stability can be easily **\n");
+ pr_warn("** compromised from userspace! **\n");
+ pr_warn("** **\n");
+ pr_warn("** If you see this message and you are not debugging **\n");
+ pr_warn("** the kernel, report this immediately to your vendor! **\n");
+ pr_warn("** **\n");
+ pr_warn("** NOTICE NOTICE NOTICE NOTICE NOTICE NOTICE NOTICE **\n");
+ pr_warn("**********************************************************\n");
+ hwspin_lock_low_level_debug_init(hwspinlock_debugfs);
+#endif
+
return 0;
}
subsys_initcall(hwspin_lock_init);
--
2.51.0
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2026-07-18 16:30 ` [PATCH v4 3/3] hwspinlock: add low level debug capabilities Wolfram Sang
@ 2026-07-26 21:26 ` Wolfram Sang
0 siblings, 0 replies; 7+ messages in thread
From: Wolfram Sang @ 2026-07-26 21:26 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-renesas-soc
Cc: Matthew Wilcox, linux-kernel, Bjorn Andersson, Baolin Wang,
linux-remoteproc
> > +static struct hwspinlock *hwspin_lock_ll_debug_get(u64 id)
> > +{
> > + struct hwspinlock *hwlock;
> > + unsigned long index = id;
>
> [Severity: Low]
> Does casting the u64 id to an unsigned long truncate the value on
> 32-bit architectures, causing operations to mistakenly target a different
> lock if the provided ID exceeds 32 bits?
Addressed in v5.
>
> > +
> > + rcu_read_lock();
> > + hwlock = xa_find(&hwspinlocks, &index, ULONG_MAX, XA_PRESENT);
>
> [Severity: Medium]
> Since xa_find() searches for the first present entry at or above the index
> and updates the index variable, will this silently operate on an
> unrelated active lock if the exact requested id is not present, instead
> of using xa_load() for an exact-ID lookup?
Addressed in v5.
> [Severity: Low]
> hwspin_lock_request_specific() expects an unsigned int id. Does passing
> the u64 id here silently truncate it on 64-bit architectures as well?
Addressed in v5.
> > +static int fops_trylock_raw_set(void *data, u64 id)
> > +{
> > + struct hwspinlock *hwlock = hwspin_lock_ll_debug_get(id);
> > +
> > + return hwlock ? hwspin_trylock_raw(hwlock) : -ENOENT;
> > +}
>
> [Severity: High]
> Do these raw debugfs accessors invoke memory-mapped I/O registers without
> ensuring the device's clocks and power domains are active?
>
> Since this interface explicitly allows operating on unrequested locks
> (which are likely powered off), can accessing the registers trigger an
> asynchronous external abort or synchronous bus fault on typical SoCs?
True but it is still a great debugging help. I extended the comment to
explain this potential problem.
> > + ret = hwspin_trylock(hwlock);
> > + if (ret != -EBUSY) {
> > + hwspin_lock_free(hwlock);
> > + return -EACCES;
> > + }
>
> [Severity: High]
> If the second hwspin_trylock() unexpectedly succeeds, it enters this
> error path and returns -EACCES. Since the first hwspin_trylock()
> disabled preemption and took the hardware lock, does returning here
> without calling hwspin_unlock() leave preemption permanently disabled?
Addressed in v5.
The rest were pre-existing UAF issues to be fixed in the next series.
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