Re: [PATCH v10] i2c: virtio: add a virtio i2c frontend driver

[Viresh Kumar]

On 23-03-21, 14:31, Viresh Kumar wrote:
> On 23-03-21, 22:19, Jie Deng wrote:
> > +static int virtio_i2c_xfer(struct i2c_adapter *adap, struct i2c_msg *msgs, int num)
> > +{
> > +	struct virtio_i2c *vi = i2c_get_adapdata(adap);
> > +	struct virtqueue *vq = vi->vq;
> > +	struct virtio_i2c_req *reqs;
> > +	unsigned long time_left;
> > +	int ret, nr;
> > +
> > +	reqs = kcalloc(num, sizeof(*reqs), GFP_KERNEL);
> > +	if (!reqs)
> > +		return -ENOMEM;
> > +
> > +	mutex_lock(&vi->lock);
> > +
> > +	ret = virtio_i2c_send_reqs(vq, reqs, msgs, num);
> > +	if (ret == 0)
> > +		goto err_unlock_free;
> > +
> > +	nr = ret;
> > +	reinit_completion(&vi->completion);
> 
> I think I may have found a possible bug here. This reinit_completion() must
> happen before we call virtio_i2c_send_reqs(). It is certainly possible (surely
> in corner cases) that virtio_i2c_msg_done() may get called right after
> virtio_i2c_send_reqs() and before we were able to call reinit_completion(). And
> in that case we will never see the completion happen at all.
> 
> > +	virtqueue_kick(vq);

I may have misread this. Can the actually start before virtqueue_kick() is
called ? If not, then completion may be fine where it is.

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viresh