Re: [PATCH 1/3] driver core: Fix concurrent problem of deferred_probe_extend_timeout()

[Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Thu, Aug 14, 2025 at 07:10:21PM +0800, Wang Wensheng wrote:
> The deferred_probe_timeout_work may be canceled forever unexpected when
> deferred_probe_extend_timeout() executes concurrently. Start with
> deferred_probe_timeout_work pending, and the problem would
> occur after the following sequence.
> 
>          CPU0                                 CPU1
> deferred_probe_extend_timeout
>   -> cancel_delayed_work => true
>                                      deferred_probe_extend_timeout
>                                        -> cancel_delayed_wrok
>                                          -> __cancel_work
>                                            -> try_grab_pending
>   -> schedule_delayed_work
>    -> queue_delayed_work_on
> since pending bit is grabbed,
> just return without doing anything
>                                         -> set_work_pool_and_clear_pending
>                                      this __cancel_work return false and
>                                      the work would never be queued again
> 
> The root cause is that the PENDING_BIT of the work_struct would be set
> temporaily in __cancel_work and this bit could prevent the work_struct
> to be queued in another CPU.
> 
> Use deferred_probe_mutex to protect the cancel and queue operations for
> the deferred_probe_timeout_work to fix this problem.
> 
> Fixes: 2b28a1a84a0e ("driver core: Extend deferred probe timeout on driver registration")
> Signed-off-by: Wang Wensheng <wangwensheng4@huawei.com>
> ---
>  drivers/base/dd.c | 2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/base/dd.c b/drivers/base/dd.c
> index 13ab98e033ea..1983919917e0 100644
> --- a/drivers/base/dd.c
> +++ b/drivers/base/dd.c
> @@ -323,6 +323,7 @@ static DECLARE_DELAYED_WORK(deferred_probe_timeout_work, deferred_probe_timeout_
>  
>  void deferred_probe_extend_timeout(void)
>  {
> +	mutex_lock(&deferred_probe_mutex);
>  	/*
>  	 * If the work hasn't been queued yet or if the work expired, don't
>  	 * start a new one.
> @@ -333,6 +334,7 @@ void deferred_probe_extend_timeout(void)
>  		pr_debug("Extended deferred probe timeout by %d secs\n",
>  					driver_deferred_probe_timeout);
>  	}
> +	mutex_unlock(&deferred_probe_mutex);
>  }
>  
>  /**
> -- 
> 2.22.0
> 

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