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From: Jia-Ju Bai <baijiaju1990@gmail.com>
To: heikki.krogerus@linux.intel.com,
	Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
	kyletso@google.com, jackp@codeaurora.org,
	andy.shevchenko@gmail.com, unixbhaskar@gmail.com,
	subbaram@codeaurora.org, mrana@codeaurora.org
Cc: "linux-usb@vger.kernel.org" <linux-usb@vger.kernel.org>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: [BUG] usb: typec: ucsi: possible deadlock in ucsi_pr_swap() and ucsi_handle_connector_change()
Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2022 11:50:57 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <037de7ac-e210-bdf5-ec7a-8c0c88a0be20@gmail.com> (raw)

Hello,

My static analysis tool reports a possible deadlock in the ucsi driver 
in Linux 5.16:

ucsi_pr_swap()
   mutex_lock(&con->lock); --> Line 962 (Lock A)
   wait_for_completion_timeout(&con->complete, ...) --> Line 981 (Wait X)

ucsi_handle_connector_change()
   mutex_lock(&con->lock); --> Line 763 (Lock A)
   complete(&con->complete); --> Line 782 (Wake X)
   complete(&con->complete); --> Line 807 (Wake X)

When ucsi_pr_swap() is executed, "Wait X" is performed by holding "Lock 
A". If ucsi_handle_connector_change() is executed at this time, "Wake X" 
cannot be performed to wake up "Wait X" in 
ucsi_handle_connector_change(), because "Lock A" has been already held 
by ucsi_handle_connector_change(), causing a possible deadlock.
I find that "Wait X" is performed with a timeout, to relieve the 
possible deadlock; but I think this timeout can cause inefficient execution.

I am not quite sure whether this possible problem is real.
Any feedback would be appreciated, thanks :)


Best wishes,
Jia-Ju Bai

             reply	other threads:[~2022-02-09  4:07 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-02-09  3:50 Jia-Ju Bai [this message]
2022-02-09 14:30 ` [BUG] usb: typec: ucsi: possible deadlock in ucsi_pr_swap() and ucsi_handle_connector_change() Heikki Krogerus
2022-02-10  2:24   ` Jia-Ju Bai
2022-02-10 14:30     ` Heikki Krogerus
2022-03-25 20:39   ` Jack Pham
2022-03-28  8:28     ` Heikki Krogerus

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