Re: [PATCH] videobuf2: Add missing lock held on vb2_fop_relase

Sylwester Nawrocki
2013-10-19T09:55:33Z

Hi Ricardo,

On 10/14/2013 09:41 AM, Ricardo Ribalda Delgado wrote:
> vb2_fop_relase does not held the lock although it is modifying the
> queue->owner field.
[...]
> diff --git a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/videobuf2-core.c b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/videobuf2-core.c
> index 9fc4bab..3a961ee 100644
> --- a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/videobuf2-core.c
> +++ b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/videobuf2-core.c
> @@ -2588,8 +2588,15 @@ int vb2_fop_release(struct file *file)
> struct video_device *vdev = video_devdata(file);
>
> if (file->private_data == vdev->queue->owner) {
> + struct mutex *lock;
> +
> + lock = vdev->queue->lock ? vdev->queue->lock : vdev->lock;
> + if (lock)
> + mutex_lock(lock);
> vb2_queue_release(vdev->queue);
> vdev->queue->owner = NULL;
> + if (lock)
> + mutex_unlock(lock);
> }
> return v4l2_fh_release(file);
> }

It seems you didn't inspect all users of vb2_fop_release(). There are 3
drivers
that don't assign vb2_fop_release() to struct v4l2_file_operations
directly but
instead call it from within its own release() handler. Two of them do call
vb2_fop_release() with the video queue lock already held.

$ git grep -n vb2_fop_rel -- drivers/media/

drivers/media/platform/exynos4-is/fimc-capture.c:552: ret =
vb2_fop_release(file);
drivers/media/platform/exynos4-is/fimc-lite.c:549:
vb2_fop_release(file);

A rather ugly solution would be to open code the vb2_fop_release() function
in those driver, like in below patch (untested). Unless there are better
proposals I would queue the patch as below together with the $subject patch
upstream.

From 3617684d759bb021e3cf1d862a91cb6e18d12052 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sylwester Nawrocki <s.nawrocki@samsung.com>
Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2013 11:48:10 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] exynos4-is: Do not call vb2_fop_release() with queue
lock held

Currently vb2_fop_release() function doesn't take the queue lock,
but it is going to change and then there would happen a deadlock
in fimc_capture_release() and fimc_lite_release(), since these
function take the video queue lock prior to calling vb2_fop_release().

To avoid a deadlock open code the vb2_fop_release() function in those
drivers.

Signed-off-by: Sylwester Nawrocki <s.nawrocki@samsung.com>
---
drivers/media/platform/exynos4-is/fimc-capture.c | 11 ++++++++---
drivers/media/platform/exynos4-is/fimc-lite.c | 8 +++++++-
2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/exynos4-is/fimc-capture.c
b/drivers/media/platform/exynos4-is/fimc-capture.c
index fb27ff7..e9a5c90 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/exynos4-is/fimc-capture.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/exynos4-is/fimc-capture.c
@@ -537,6 +537,7 @@ static int fimc_capture_release(struct file *file)
{
struct fimc_dev *fimc = video_drvdata(file);
struct fimc_vid_cap *vc = &fimc->vid_cap;
+ struct video_device *vdev = &vc->ve.vdev;
bool close = v4l2_fh_is_singular_file(file);
int ret;

@@ -545,11 +546,15 @@ static int fimc_capture_release(struct file *file)
mutex_lock(&fimc->lock);

if (close && vc->streaming) {
- media_entity_pipeline_stop(&vc->ve.vdev.entity);
+ media_entity_pipeline_stop(&vdev->entity);
vc->streaming = false;
}

- ret = vb2_fop_release(file);
+ if (file->private_data == vdev->queue->owner) {
+ vb2_queue_release(vdev->queue);
+ vdev->queue->owner = NULL;
+ }
+ ret = v4l2_fh_release(file);

if (close) {
clear_bit(ST_CAPT_BUSY, &fimc->state);
@@ -557,7 +562,7 @@ static int fimc_capture_release(struct file *file)
clear_bit(ST_CAPT_SUSPENDED, &fimc->state);

fimc_md_graph_lock(&vc->ve);
- vc->ve.vdev.entity.use_count--;
+ vdev->entity.use_count--;
fimc_md_graph_unlock(&vc->ve);
}

diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/exynos4-is/fimc-lite.c
b/drivers/media/platform/exynos4-is/fimc-lite.c
index e5798f7..182db3c 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/exynos4-is/fimc-lite.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/exynos4-is/fimc-lite.c
@@ -528,6 +528,7 @@ static int fimc_lite_release(struct file *file)
{
struct fimc_lite *fimc = video_drvdata(file);
struct media_entity *entity = &fimc->ve.vdev.entity;
+ struct video_device *vdev = &fimc->ve.vdev;

mutex_lock(&fimc->lock);

@@ -546,7 +547,12 @@ static int fimc_lite_release(struct file *file)
mutex_unlock(&entity->parent->graph_mutex);
}

- vb2_fop_release(file);
+ if (file->private_data == vdev->queue->owner) {
+ vb2_queue_release(vdev->queue);
+ vdev->queue->owner = NULL;
+ }
+ v4l2_fh_release(file);
+
pm_runtime_put(&fimc->pdev->dev);
clear_bit(ST_FLITE_SUSPENDED, &fimc->state);

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