From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
To: davem@davemloft.net
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, edumazet@google.com, pabeni@redhat.com,
andrew+netdev@lunn.ch, horms@kernel.org,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>,
ian.ray@gehealthcare.com, ilane@ti.com, linville@tuxdriver.com
Subject: [PATCH net] nfc: nci: fix circular locking dependency in nci_close_device
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2026 12:33:34 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260317193334.988609-1-kuba@kernel.org> (raw)
nci_close_device() flushes rx_wq and tx_wq while holding req_lock.
This causes a circular locking dependency because nci_rx_work()
running on rx_wq can end up taking req_lock too:
nci_rx_work -> nci_rx_data_packet -> nci_data_exchange_complete
-> __sk_destruct -> rawsock_destruct -> nfc_deactivate_target
-> nci_deactivate_target -> nci_request -> mutex_lock(&ndev->req_lock)
Move the flush of rx_wq after req_lock has been released.
This should safe (I think) because NCI_UP has already been cleared
and the transport is closed, so the work will see it and return
-ENETDOWN.
NIPA has been hitting this running the nci selftest with a debug
kernel on roughly 4% of the runs.
Fixes: 6a2968aaf50c ("NFC: basic NCI protocol implementation")
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
---
CC: ian.ray@gehealthcare.com
CC: ilane@ti.com
CC: linville@tuxdriver.com
---
net/nfc/nci/core.c | 10 ++++++----
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/nfc/nci/core.c b/net/nfc/nci/core.c
index 43d871525dbc..5f46c4b5720f 100644
--- a/net/nfc/nci/core.c
+++ b/net/nfc/nci/core.c
@@ -579,8 +579,7 @@ static int nci_close_device(struct nci_dev *ndev)
skb_queue_purge(&ndev->rx_q);
skb_queue_purge(&ndev->tx_q);
- /* Flush RX and TX wq */
- flush_workqueue(ndev->rx_wq);
+ /* Flush TX wq, RX wq flush can't be under the lock */
flush_workqueue(ndev->tx_wq);
/* Reset device */
@@ -592,13 +591,13 @@ static int nci_close_device(struct nci_dev *ndev)
msecs_to_jiffies(NCI_RESET_TIMEOUT));
/* After this point our queues are empty
- * and no works are scheduled.
+ * rx work may be running but will see that NCI_UP was cleared
*/
ndev->ops->close(ndev);
clear_bit(NCI_INIT, &ndev->flags);
- /* Flush cmd wq */
+ /* Flush cmd and tx wq */
flush_workqueue(ndev->cmd_wq);
timer_delete_sync(&ndev->cmd_timer);
@@ -613,6 +612,9 @@ static int nci_close_device(struct nci_dev *ndev)
mutex_unlock(&ndev->req_lock);
+ /* rx_work may take req_lock via nci_deactivate_target */
+ flush_workqueue(ndev->rx_wq);
+
return 0;
}
--
2.53.0
next reply other threads:[~2026-03-17 19:33 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-17 19:33 Jakub Kicinski [this message]
2026-03-18 15:04 ` [PATCH net] nfc: nci: fix circular locking dependency in nci_close_device Ian Ray
2026-03-20 0:00 ` patchwork-bot+netdevbpf
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