Re: [PATCH 0/2] Fix debugfs register access while suspended

From: "Niklas Söderlund" <niklas.soderlund@ragnatech.se>
To: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@glider.be>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
	Gilad Ben-Yossef <gilad@benyossef.com>,
	Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>,
	"David S . Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
	"Rafael J . Wysocki" <rafael@kernel.org>,
	Rob Clark <robdclark@gmail.com>, Sean Paul <sean@poorly.run>,
	Felipe Balbi <balbi@kernel.org>,
	Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>,
	Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@gmail.com>,
	Jonathan Hunter <jonathanh@nvidia.com>,
	Mathias Nyman <mathias.nyman@intel.com>,
	Matthias Brugger <matthias.bgg@gmail.com>,
	Chunfeng Yun <chunfeng.yun@mediatek.com>, Bin Liu <b-liu@ti.com>,
	linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org, linux-pm@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-renesas-soc@vger.kernel.org, linux-usb@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] Fix debugfs register access while suspended
Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2020 17:24:52 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200124162452.GC286344@oden.dyn.berto.se> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200124132957.15769-1-geert+renesas@glider.be>

Hi Geert,

Thanks for your series.

On 2020-01-24 14:29:55 +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> 	Hi all,
> 
> While comparing register values read from debugfs files under
> /sys/kernel/debug/ccree/, I noticed some oddities.
> Apparently there is no guarantee these registers are read from the
> device while it is resumed.  This may lead to bogus values, or crashes
> and lock-ups.
> 
> This patch series:
>   1. Allows debugfs_create_regset32() to be used for devices whose
>      registers must be accessed when resumed,
>   2. Fixes the CCREE driver to make use of this.
> 
> I have identified several other drivers that may be affected (i.e.
> using debugfs_create_regset32() and pm_runtime_*()):
>   - drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1
>   - drivers/usb/dwc3
>   - drivers/usb/host/ehci-omap.c
>   - drivers/usb/host/ehci-tegra.c
>   - drivers/usb/host/ohci-platform.c
>   - drivers/usb/host/xhci.c
>   - drivers/usb/host/xhci-dbgcap.c
>   - drivers/usb/host/xhci-histb.c
>   - drivers/usb/host/xhci-hub.c
>   - drivers/usb/host/xhci-mtk.c
>   - drivers/usb/host/xhci-pci.c
>   - drivers/usb/host/xhci-plat.c
>   - drivers/usb/host/xhci-tegra.c
>   - drivers/usb/mtu3
>   - drivers/usb/musb
> 
> Some of these call pm_runtime_forbid(), but given the comment "users
> should enable runtime pm using power/control in sysfs", this can be
> overridden from userspace, so these are unsafe, too?
> 
> Thanks for your comments!

Looks good to me,

Reviewed-by: Niklas Söderlund <niklas.soderlund@ragnatech.se>

> 
> Geert Uytterhoeven (2):
>   debugfs: regset32: Add Runtime PM support
>   crypto: ccree - fix debugfs register access while suspended
> 
>  drivers/crypto/ccree/cc_debugfs.c | 2 ++
>  fs/debugfs/file.c                 | 8 ++++++++
>  include/linux/debugfs.h           | 1 +
>  3 files changed, 11 insertions(+)
> 
> -- 
> 2.17.1
> 
> Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
> 
> 						Geert
> 
> --
> Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@linux-m68k.org
> 
> In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But
> when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that.
> 							    -- Linus Torvalds

-- 
Regards,
Niklas Söderlund