watchdog: s3c2410: Fix potential deadlock on &wdt->lock
authorChengfeng Ye <dg573847474@gmail.com>
Wed, 5 Jul 2023 09:09:51 +0000 (09:09 +0000)
committerWim Van Sebroeck <wim@linux-watchdog.org>
Sat, 19 Aug 2023 15:14:37 +0000 (17:14 +0200)
commitaeb3ef51b602dce456c850414aa1becd0e7aeab1
tree311b8fe5a1a74d48148310f03093e6bebb49d977
parentf20ca595ae23314db0383940a184317333c46662
watchdog: s3c2410: Fix potential deadlock on &wdt->lock

As &wdt->lock is acquired by hard irq s3c2410wdt_irq(),
other acquisition of the same lock under process context should
disable irq, otherwise deadlock could happen if the
irq preempt the execution while the lock is held in process context
on the same CPU.

[Deadlock Scenario]
s3c2410wdt_suspend()
    -> s3c2410wdt_stop()
    -> spin_lock(&wdt->lock)
        <irq iterrupt>
        -> s3c2410wdt_irq()
        -> s3c2410wdt_keepalive()
        -> spin_lock(&wdt->lock) (deadlock here)

[Deadlock Scenario]
s3c2410wdt_probe()
    -> s3c2410wdt_start()
    -> spin_lock(&wdt->lock)
        <irq iterrupt>
        -> s3c2410wdt_irq()
        -> s3c2410wdt_keepalive()
        -> spin_lock(&wdt->lock) (deadlock here)

[Deadlock Scenario]
s3c2410wdt_keepalive()
    -> spin_lock(&wdt->lock)
        <irq iterrupt>
        -> s3c2410wdt_irq()
        -> s3c2410wdt_keepalive()
        -> spin_lock(&wdt->lock) (deadlock here)

This flaw was found by an experimental static analysis tool I am
developing for irq-related deadlock, which reported the above
warning when analyzing the linux kernel 6.4-rc7 release.

The tentative patch fix the potential deadlock by spin_lock_irqsave()
under process context.

Signed-off-by: Chengfeng Ye <dg573847474@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@linaro.org>
Reviewed-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230705090951.63762-1-dg573847474@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
Signed-off-by: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@linux-watchdog.org>
drivers/watchdog/s3c2410_wdt.c