RE: [PATCH 05/10] mei: vsc: Destroy mutex after freeing the IRQ
From: Usyskin, Alexander
Date: Wed Jun 25 2025 - 04:04:05 EST
> Subject: [PATCH 05/10] mei: vsc: Destroy mutex after freeing the IRQ
>
> The event_notify callback which runs from vsc_tp_thread_isr may call
> vsc_tp_xfer() which locks the mutex. So the ISR depends on the mutex.
>
> Move the mutex_destroy() call to after free_irq() to ensure that the ISR
> is not running while the mutex is destroyed.
>
Reviewed-by: Alexander Usyskin <alexander.usyskin@xxxxxxxxx>
> Fixes: 566f5ca97680 ("mei: Add transport driver for IVSC device")
> Signed-off-by: Hans de Goede <hansg@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/misc/mei/vsc-tp.c | 8 ++++----
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/misc/mei/vsc-tp.c b/drivers/misc/mei/vsc-tp.c
> index f5438a600430..0feebffabdb3 100644
> --- a/drivers/misc/mei/vsc-tp.c
> +++ b/drivers/misc/mei/vsc-tp.c
> @@ -521,10 +521,10 @@ static int vsc_tp_probe(struct spi_device *spi)
> return 0;
>
> err_destroy_lock:
> - mutex_destroy(&tp->mutex);
> -
> free_irq(spi->irq, tp);
>
> + mutex_destroy(&tp->mutex);
> +
> return ret;
> }
>
> @@ -535,9 +535,9 @@ static void vsc_tp_remove(struct spi_device *spi)
>
> platform_device_unregister(tp->pdev);
>
> - mutex_destroy(&tp->mutex);
> -
> free_irq(spi->irq, tp);
> +
> + mutex_destroy(&tp->mutex);
> }
>
> static const struct acpi_device_id vsc_tp_acpi_ids[] = {
> --
> 2.49.0