From: Vishwaroop A <va@nvidia.com>
To: Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@kernel.org>,
Jonathan Hunter <jonathanh@nvidia.com>,
Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>
Cc: Vishwaroop A <va@nvidia.com>,
Laxman Dewangan <ldewangan@nvidia.com>,
Sowjanya Komatineni <skomatineni@nvidia.com>,
Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>,
Suresh Mangipudi <smangipudi@nvidia.com>,
"Krishna Yarlagadda" <kyarlagadda@nvidia.com>,
<linux-tegra@vger.kernel.org>, <linux-spi@vger.kernel.org>,
<linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH v2 2/3] spi: tegra210-quad: Cache TRANS_STATUS in ISR for timeout handler
Date: Tue, 19 May 2026 15:51:07 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260519155108.4092518-3-va@nvidia.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260519155108.4092518-1-va@nvidia.com>
The threaded IRQ handler reads QSPI_TRANS_STATUS to check for transfer
completion, but on heavily loaded systems, the thread can be delayed
long enough for wait_for_completion_timeout() to expire first. When
the timeout handler then reads TRANS_STATUS directly from hardware,
it may see a completed transfer but race with the (now-running) IRQ
thread, leading to double completion or use-after-free on curr_xfer.
With the conversion to hard IRQ + workqueue in the previous patch,
this race still exists: the workqueue bottom-half can be delayed
past the timeout, and the timeout handler reading hardware directly
has no synchronization with the ISR's cached state.
Cache QSPI_TRANS_STATUS in the ISR before clearing it, allowing the
timeout handler to check the cached value under spinlock. Also guard
against curr_xfer being NULLed by a concurrent workqueue completion.
Signed-off-by: Vishwaroop A <va@nvidia.com>
---
drivers/spi/spi-tegra210-quad.c | 30 +++++++++++++++++++-----------
1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-tegra210-quad.c b/drivers/spi/spi-tegra210-quad.c
index 17d0b511af1d..72f66f2c6dab 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-tegra210-quad.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-tegra210-quad.c
@@ -214,6 +214,7 @@ struct tegra_qspi {
u32 tx_status;
u32 rx_status;
u32 status_reg;
+ u32 trans_status;
bool is_packed;
bool use_dma;
@@ -854,6 +855,7 @@ static u32 tegra_qspi_setup_transfer_one(struct spi_device *spi, struct spi_tran
tqspi->cur_rx_pos = 0;
tqspi->cur_tx_pos = 0;
tqspi->curr_xfer = t;
+ tqspi->trans_status = 0;
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&tqspi->lock, flags);
if (is_first_of_msg) {
@@ -1068,26 +1070,30 @@ static irqreturn_t handle_dma_based_xfer(struct tegra_qspi *tqspi);
*/
static int tegra_qspi_handle_timeout(struct tegra_qspi *tqspi)
{
+ unsigned long flags;
irqreturn_t ret;
- u32 status;
- /* Check if hardware actually completed the transfer */
- status = tegra_qspi_readl(tqspi, QSPI_TRANS_STATUS);
- if (!(status & QSPI_RDY))
+ spin_lock_irqsave(&tqspi->lock, flags);
+
+ if (!(tqspi->trans_status & QSPI_RDY)) {
+ spin_unlock_irqrestore(&tqspi->lock, flags);
return -ETIMEDOUT;
+ }
/*
- * Hardware completed but interrupt was lost/delayed. Manually
- * process the completion by calling the appropriate handler.
+ * ISR or workqueue may have already completed the transfer
+ * and NULLed curr_xfer between the completion timeout and now.
*/
+ if (!tqspi->curr_xfer) {
+ spin_unlock_irqrestore(&tqspi->lock, flags);
+ return 0;
+ }
+
+ spin_unlock_irqrestore(&tqspi->lock, flags);
+
dev_warn_ratelimited(tqspi->dev,
"QSPI interrupt timeout, but transfer complete\n");
- /* Clear the transfer status */
- status = tegra_qspi_readl(tqspi, QSPI_TRANS_STATUS);
- tegra_qspi_writel(tqspi, status, QSPI_TRANS_STATUS);
-
- /* Manually trigger completion handler */
if (!tqspi->is_curr_dma_xfer)
ret = handle_cpu_based_xfer(tqspi);
else
@@ -1642,6 +1648,8 @@ static irqreturn_t tegra_qspi_isr(int irq, void *context_data)
if (!(status & QSPI_RDY))
return IRQ_NONE;
+ tqspi->trans_status = status;
+
spin_lock(&tqspi->lock);
tqspi->status_reg = tegra_qspi_readl(tqspi, QSPI_FIFO_STATUS);
tegra_qspi_mask_clear_irq(tqspi);
--
2.17.1
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-05-19 15:51 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-05-19 15:51 [PATCH v2 0/3] spi: tegra210-quad: Improve interrupt handling for loaded systems Vishwaroop A
2026-05-19 15:51 ` [PATCH v2 1/3] spi: tegra210-quad: Convert to hard IRQ with high-priority workqueue Vishwaroop A
2026-05-20 9:22 ` Jon Hunter
2026-05-20 15:28 ` Mark Brown
2026-05-20 15:25 ` Breno Leitao
2026-05-20 19:22 ` Vishwaroop A
2026-05-21 15:04 ` Breno Leitao
2026-05-22 9:09 ` Vishwaroop A
2026-05-19 15:51 ` Vishwaroop A [this message]
2026-05-20 9:29 ` [PATCH v2 2/3] spi: tegra210-quad: Cache TRANS_STATUS in ISR for timeout handler Jon Hunter
2026-05-19 15:51 ` [PATCH v2 3/3] spi: tegra210-quad: Process small PIO transfers in hard IRQ context Vishwaroop A
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