Re: [PATCH v3] tty: n_gsm: avoid call of sleeping functions from atomic context

From: Jiri Slaby
Date: Mon Aug 29 2022 - 02:59:38 EST


On 27. 08. 22, 21:55, Fedor Pchelkin wrote:
Syzkaller reports the following problem:
...
The patch replaces tx_lock spinlock with mutex in order to avoid the
problem. Also kick_timer timer_list is replaced with kick_timeout
delayed_work to be able to synchronize with mutexes, as suggested by
Hillf Danton <hdanton@xxxxxxxx>.

Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with Syzkaller.

Fixes: 32dd59f96924 ("tty: n_gsm: fix race condition in gsmld_write()")
Fixes: c568f7086c6e ("tty: n_gsm: fix missing timer to handle stalled links")
Signed-off-by: Fedor Pchelkin <pchelkin@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Alexey Khoroshilov <khoroshilov@xxxxxxxxx>
---
v1->v2: sorry, now adapted patch from 5.10 to upstream
v2->v3: replaced a kick_timer with a delayed_work

Please do so separately. That is, split the below 2 changes into two patches.

--- a/drivers/tty/n_gsm.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/n_gsm.c
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ struct gsm_mux {
bool constipated; /* Asked by remote to shut up */
bool has_devices; /* Devices were registered */
- spinlock_t tx_lock;
+ struct mutex tx_mutex;
unsigned int tx_bytes; /* TX data outstanding */
#define TX_THRESH_HI 8192
#define TX_THRESH_LO 2048
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ struct gsm_mux {
struct list_head tx_data_list; /* Pending data packets */
/* Control messages */
- struct timer_list kick_timer; /* Kick TX queuing on timeout */
+ struct delayed_work kick_timeout; /* Kick TX queuing on timeout */
struct timer_list t2_timer; /* Retransmit timer for commands */
int cretries; /* Command retry counter */
struct gsm_control *pending_cmd;/* Our current pending command */

thanks,
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js
suse labs