From: Joonwon Kang <joonwonkang@google.com>
To: jassisinghbrar@gmail.com, sudeep.holla@kernel.org
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org,
akpm@linux-foundation.org, Joonwon Kang <joonwonkang@google.com>
Subject: [PATCH v4] mailbox: Make mbox_send_message() return error code when tx fails
Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2026 10:46:52 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260421104652.211276-2-joonwonkang@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260421104652.211276-1-joonwonkang@google.com>
When the mailbox controller failed transmitting message, the error code
was only passed to the client's tx done handler and not to
mbox_send_message() in blocking mode. For this reason, the function could
return a false success. This commit resolves the issue by introducing the
tx status and checking it before mbox_send_message() returns.
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Joonwon Kang <joonwonkang@google.com>
---
v4: Detach it from the previous commit that supports multi-thread in
blocking mode and rebase it on the latest for-next branch.
v3: No major patch since v1.
drivers/mailbox/mailbox.c | 6 +++++-
include/linux/mailbox_controller.h | 2 ++
2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/mailbox/mailbox.c b/drivers/mailbox/mailbox.c
index b00f7a32e866..066702e5a46f 100644
--- a/drivers/mailbox/mailbox.c
+++ b/drivers/mailbox/mailbox.c
@@ -98,8 +98,10 @@ static void tx_tick(struct mbox_chan *chan, int r)
if (chan->cl->tx_done)
chan->cl->tx_done(chan->cl, mssg, r);
- if (r != -ETIME && chan->cl->tx_block)
+ if (r != -ETIME && chan->cl->tx_block) {
+ chan->tx_status = r;
complete(&chan->tx_complete);
+ }
}
static enum hrtimer_restart txdone_hrtimer(struct hrtimer *hrtimer)
@@ -295,6 +297,8 @@ int mbox_send_message(struct mbox_chan *chan, void *mssg)
if (ret == 0) {
t = -ETIME;
tx_tick(chan, t);
+ } else if (chan->tx_status < 0) {
+ t = chan->tx_status;
}
}
diff --git a/include/linux/mailbox_controller.h b/include/linux/mailbox_controller.h
index dc93287a2a01..26a238a6f941 100644
--- a/include/linux/mailbox_controller.h
+++ b/include/linux/mailbox_controller.h
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ struct mbox_controller {
* @txdone_method: Way to detect TXDone chosen by the API
* @cl: Pointer to the current owner of this channel
* @tx_complete: Transmission completion
+ * @tx_status: Transmission status
* @active_req: Currently active request hook
* @msg_count: No. of mssg currently queued
* @msg_free: Index of next available mssg slot
@@ -132,6 +133,7 @@ struct mbox_chan {
unsigned txdone_method;
struct mbox_client *cl;
struct completion tx_complete;
+ int tx_status;
void *active_req;
unsigned msg_count, msg_free;
void *msg_data[MBOX_TX_QUEUE_LEN];
--
2.54.0.rc1.555.g9c883467ad-goog
prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-04-21 10:47 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-04-21 10:46 [PATCH] mailbox: Clarify multi-thread is not supported in blocking mode Joonwon Kang
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