On Fri, Mar 13, 2020 at 05:31:33PM +0530, Syed Nayyar Waris wrote:
> Add lock protection from race conditions in the 104-quad-8 counter
> driver for differential encoder cable status changes. There is no IRQ
> handling so use spin_lock calls for protection.
> 
> Fixes: bbef69e088c3 ("counter: 104-quad-8: Support Differential Encoder Cable Status")
> 
> Signed-off-by: Syed Nayyar Waris <syednwaris@gmail.com>

Signed-off-by: William Breathitt Gray <vilhelm.gray@gmail.com>

> ---
> Changes in v4:
>  - Shift review-comments section so that it is not saved in commit message.
>  - Add spin_unlock calls for deadlock avoidance.
>  - Few changes related to casting.
> 
>  drivers/counter/104-quad-8.c | 18 +++++++++++++++---
>  1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/counter/104-quad-8.c b/drivers/counter/104-quad-8.c
> index 9dab190..c9e227f 100644
> --- a/drivers/counter/104-quad-8.c
> +++ b/drivers/counter/104-quad-8.c
> @@ -1151,18 +1151,26 @@ static ssize_t quad8_signal_cable_fault_read(struct counter_device *counter,
>  					     struct counter_signal *signal,
>  					     void *private, char *buf)
>  {
> -	const struct quad8_iio *const priv = counter->priv;
> +	struct quad8_iio *const priv = counter->priv;
>  	const size_t channel_id = signal->id / 2;
> -	const bool disabled = !(priv->cable_fault_enable & BIT(channel_id));
> +	bool disabled;
>  	unsigned int status;
>  	unsigned int fault;
>  
> -	if (disabled)
> +	spin_lock(&priv->lock);
> +
> +	disabled = !(priv->cable_fault_enable & BIT(channel_id));
> +
> +	if (disabled) {
> +		spin_unlock(&priv->lock);
>  		return -EINVAL;
> +	}
>  
>  	/* Logic 0 = cable fault */
>  	status = inb(priv->base + QUAD8_DIFF_ENCODER_CABLE_STATUS);
>  
> +	spin_unlock(&priv->lock);
> +
>  	/* Mask respective channel and invert logic */
>  	fault = !(status & BIT(channel_id));
>  
> @@ -1194,6 +1202,8 @@ static ssize_t quad8_signal_cable_fault_enable_write(
>  	if (ret)
>  		return ret;
>  
> +	spin_lock(&priv->lock);
> +
>  	if (enable)
>  		priv->cable_fault_enable |= BIT(channel_id);
>  	else
> @@ -1204,6 +1214,8 @@ static ssize_t quad8_signal_cable_fault_enable_write(
>  
>  	outb(cable_fault_enable, priv->base + QUAD8_DIFF_ENCODER_CABLE_STATUS);
>  
> +	spin_unlock(&priv->lock);
> +
>  	return len;
>  }
>  
> -- 
> 2.7.4
>