From: <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
To: Jinhui Guo <guojinhui.liam@bytedance.com>, <bhelgaas@google.com>,
<dan.j.williams@intel.com>, <dave.jiang@intel.com>,
<ilpo.jarvinen@linux.intel.com>, <kbusch@kernel.org>
Cc: <guojinhui.liam@bytedance.com>, <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
<linux-pci@vger.kernel.org>, <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RESEND PATCH v2] PCI: Fix incorrect unlocking in pci_slot_trylock()
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2026 13:03:43 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <697a79af45154_3095100b4@dwillia2-mobl4.notmuch> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20251212145528.2555-1-guojinhui.liam@bytedance.com>
Jinhui Guo wrote:
> Commit a4e772898f8b ("PCI: Add missing bridge lock to pci_bus_lock()")
> delegates the bridge device's pci_dev_trylock() to pci_bus_trylock() in
> pci_slot_trylock(), but it forgets to remove the corresponding
> pci_dev_unlock() when pci_bus_trylock() fails.
>
> Before the commit, the code did:
>
> if (!pci_dev_trylock(dev)) /* <- lock bridge device */
> goto unlock;
> if (dev->subordinate) {
> if (!pci_bus_trylock(dev->subordinate)) {
> pci_dev_unlock(dev); /* <- unlock bridge device */
> goto unlock;
> }
> }
>
> After the commit the bridge-device lock is no longer taken, but the
> pci_dev_unlock(dev) on the failure path was left in place, leading to
> the bug.
>
> This yields one of two errors:
> 1. A warning that the lock is being unlocked when no one holds it.
> 2. An incorrect unlock of a lock that belongs to another thread.
>
> Fix it by removing the now-redundant pci_dev_unlock(dev) on the failure
> path.
>
> Fixes: a4e772898f8b ("PCI: Add missing bridge lock to pci_bus_lock()")
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Jinhui Guo <guojinhui.liam@bytedance.com>
> ---
>
> Hi, all
>
> Resent v2 to drop the Acked-by tag; no code changes. Sorry for the noise again.
>
> v1: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20251211123635.2215-1-guojinhui.liam@bytedance.com/
>
> Changelog in v1 -> v2
> - The v1 commit message was too brief, so I’ve sent v2 with more detail.
> - Remove the braces from the if (!pci_bus_trylock(dev->subordinate)) statement.
>
> Best Regards,
> Jinhui
I ended up also reviewing Keith's version of the same [1], but since this
one was posted earlier, go with this one.
Reviewed-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
[1]: http://lore.kernel.org/20260116184150.3013258-1-kbusch@meta.com
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-01-28 21:03 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-12-12 13:37 [PATCH v2] PCI: Fix incorrect unlocking in pci_slot_trylock() Jinhui Guo
2025-12-12 14:31 ` Ilpo Järvinen
2025-12-12 14:55 ` [RESEND PATCH " Jinhui Guo
2026-01-28 21:03 ` dan.j.williams [this message]
2026-01-28 22:53 ` Bjorn Helgaas
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