[PATCH] dvb-core: Fix several locking related problems.

From: Simon Arlott
Date: Sun Mar 04 2007 - 12:47:21 EST


Fix several instances of dvb-core functions using mutex_lock_interruptible and returning -ERESTARTSYS where the calling function will either never retry or never check the return value.

These cause a race condition with dvb_dmxdev_filter_free and dvb_dvr_release, both of which are filesystem release functions whose return value is ignored and will never be retried. When this happens it becomes impossible to open dvr0 again (-EBUSY) since it has not been released properly.

Signed-off-by: Simon Arlott <simon@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
On 04/03/07 15:41, Andreas Oberritter wrote:
please send an updated patch together with
Signed-off-by line to Mauro <mchehab@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> and ask him to apply
it for inclusion into the -mm tree for further testing.

Unless there are other -mm trees I've not heard about, presumably I should just do this myself. Doesn't linux-dvb have it's own development tree this would get better tested in?

The dvb_dvr_release change has been working for me for 6 months and the dvb_dmxdev_filter_free (dvb_dmxdev_filter_free) change looks equivalent.
See http://www.linuxtv.org/pipermail/linux-dvb/2007-February/016120.html for an example of the bug before and after fixing.

All the other changes run ok for me but should have lockdep enabled when testing (if there's a possible deadlock somewhere, using _interruptible will hide it).

drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dmxdev.c | 12 +++---------
drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvb_demux.c | 21 +++++++--------------
drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvbdev.c | 9 +++------
3 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 29 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dmxdev.c b/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dmxdev.c
index fc77de4..a5c0e1a 100644
--- a/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dmxdev.c
+++ b/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dmxdev.c
@@ -180,8 +180,7 @@ static int dvb_dvr_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
struct dvb_device *dvbdev = file->private_data;
struct dmxdev *dmxdev = dvbdev->priv;

- if (mutex_lock_interruptible(&dmxdev->mutex))
- return -ERESTARTSYS;
+ mutex_lock(&dmxdev->mutex);

if ((file->f_flags & O_ACCMODE) == O_WRONLY) {
dmxdev->demux->disconnect_frontend(dmxdev->demux);
@@ -673,13 +672,8 @@ static int dvb_demux_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
static int dvb_dmxdev_filter_free(struct dmxdev *dmxdev,
struct dmxdev_filter *dmxdevfilter)
{
- if (mutex_lock_interruptible(&dmxdev->mutex))
- return -ERESTARTSYS;
-
- if (mutex_lock_interruptible(&dmxdevfilter->mutex)) {
- mutex_unlock(&dmxdev->mutex);
- return -ERESTARTSYS;
- }
+ mutex_lock(&dmxdev->mutex);
+ mutex_lock(&dmxdevfilter->mutex);

dvb_dmxdev_filter_stop(dmxdevfilter);
dvb_dmxdev_filter_reset(dmxdevfilter);
diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvb_demux.c b/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvb_demux.c
index fcff5ea..6d8d1c3 100644
--- a/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvb_demux.c
+++ b/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvb_demux.c
@@ -673,8 +673,7 @@ static int dmx_ts_feed_stop_filtering(struct dmx_ts_feed *ts_feed)
struct dvb_demux *demux = feed->demux;
int ret;

- if (mutex_lock_interruptible(&demux->mutex))
- return -ERESTARTSYS;
+ mutex_lock(&demux->mutex);

if (feed->state < DMX_STATE_GO) {
mutex_unlock(&demux->mutex);
@@ -748,8 +747,7 @@ static int dvbdmx_release_ts_feed(struct dmx_demux *dmx,
struct dvb_demux *demux = (struct dvb_demux *)dmx;
struct dvb_demux_feed *feed = (struct dvb_demux_feed *)ts_feed;

- if (mutex_lock_interruptible(&demux->mutex))
- return -ERESTARTSYS;
+ mutex_lock(&demux->mutex);

if (feed->state == DMX_STATE_FREE) {
mutex_unlock(&demux->mutex);
@@ -916,8 +914,7 @@ static int dmx_section_feed_stop_filtering(struct dmx_section_feed *feed)
struct dvb_demux *dvbdmx = dvbdmxfeed->demux;
int ret;

- if (mutex_lock_interruptible(&dvbdmx->mutex))
- return -ERESTARTSYS;
+ mutex_lock(&dvbdmx->mutex);

if (!dvbdmx->stop_feed) {
mutex_unlock(&dvbdmx->mutex);
@@ -942,8 +939,7 @@ static int dmx_section_feed_release_filter(struct dmx_section_feed *feed,
struct dvb_demux_feed *dvbdmxfeed = (struct dvb_demux_feed *)feed;
struct dvb_demux *dvbdmx = dvbdmxfeed->demux;

- if (mutex_lock_interruptible(&dvbdmx->mutex))
- return -ERESTARTSYS;
+ mutex_lock(&dvbdmx->mutex);

if (dvbdmxfilter->feed != dvbdmxfeed) {
mutex_unlock(&dvbdmx->mutex);
@@ -1016,8 +1012,7 @@ static int dvbdmx_release_section_feed(struct dmx_demux *demux,
struct dvb_demux_feed *dvbdmxfeed = (struct dvb_demux_feed *)feed;
struct dvb_demux *dvbdmx = (struct dvb_demux *)demux;

- if (mutex_lock_interruptible(&dvbdmx->mutex))
- return -ERESTARTSYS;
+ mutex_lock(&dvbdmx->mutex);

if (dvbdmxfeed->state == DMX_STATE_FREE) {
mutex_unlock(&dvbdmx->mutex);
@@ -1126,8 +1121,7 @@ static int dvbdmx_connect_frontend(struct dmx_demux *demux,
if (demux->frontend)
return -EINVAL;

- if (mutex_lock_interruptible(&dvbdemux->mutex))
- return -ERESTARTSYS;
+ mutex_lock(&dvbdemux->mutex);

demux->frontend = frontend;
mutex_unlock(&dvbdemux->mutex);
@@ -1138,8 +1132,7 @@ static int dvbdmx_disconnect_frontend(struct dmx_demux *demux)
{
struct dvb_demux *dvbdemux = (struct dvb_demux *)demux;

- if (mutex_lock_interruptible(&dvbdemux->mutex))
- return -ERESTARTSYS;
+ mutex_lock(&dvbdemux->mutex);

demux->frontend = NULL;
mutex_unlock(&dvbdemux->mutex);
diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvbdev.c b/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvbdev.c
index b4553ae..1e0f01a 100644
--- a/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvbdev.c
+++ b/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvbdev.c
@@ -203,8 +203,7 @@ int dvb_register_device(struct dvb_adapter *adap, struct dvb_device **pdvbdev,

int id;

- if (mutex_lock_interruptible(&dvbdev_register_lock))
- return -ERESTARTSYS;
+ mutex_lock(&dvbdev_register_lock);

if ((id = dvbdev_get_free_id (adap, type)) < 0){
mutex_unlock(&dvbdev_register_lock);
@@ -294,8 +293,7 @@ int dvb_register_adapter(struct dvb_adapter *adap, const char *name, struct modu
{
int num;

- if (mutex_lock_interruptible(&dvbdev_register_lock))
- return -ERESTARTSYS;
+ mutex_lock(&dvbdev_register_lock);

if ((num = dvbdev_get_free_adapter_num ()) < 0) {
mutex_unlock(&dvbdev_register_lock);
@@ -323,8 +321,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(dvb_register_adapter);

int dvb_unregister_adapter(struct dvb_adapter *adap)
{
- if (mutex_lock_interruptible(&dvbdev_register_lock))
- return -ERESTARTSYS;
+ mutex_lock(&dvbdev_register_lock);
list_del (&adap->list_head);
mutex_unlock(&dvbdev_register_lock);
return 0;
--
1.5.0.1

--
Simon Arlott
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