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[media] cx88: protect per-device driver list with device lock
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The BKL conversion of this driver seems to have gone wrong.  Various
uses of the sub-device and driver lists appear to be subject to race
conditions.

In particular, some functions access drvlist without a relevant lock
held, which will race against removal of drivers.  Let's start with
that --- clean up by consistently protecting dev->drvlist with
dev->core->lock, noting driver functions that require the device lock
to be held or not to be held.

After this patch, there are still some races --- e.g.,
cx8802_blackbird_remove can run between the time the blackbird driver
is acquired and the time it is used in mpeg_release, and there's a
similar race in cx88_dvb_bus_ctrl.  Later patches will address the
remaining known races and the deadlock noticed by Andi.  This patch
just makes the semantics clearer in preparation for those later
changes.

Based on work by Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>.

Tested-by: Andi Huber <hobrom@gmx.at>
Tested-by: Marlon de Boer <marlon@hyves.nl>
Cc: stable@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
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Jonathan Nieder authored and Mauro Carvalho Chehab committed May 20, 2011
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3 changes: 2 additions & 1 deletion drivers/media/video/cx88/cx88-blackbird.c
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Expand Up @@ -1122,10 +1122,11 @@ static int mpeg_release(struct file *file)
mutex_lock(&dev->core->lock);
file->private_data = NULL;
kfree(fh);
mutex_unlock(&dev->core->lock);

/* Make sure we release the hardware */
drv = cx8802_get_driver(dev, CX88_MPEG_BLACKBIRD);
mutex_unlock(&dev->core->lock);

if (drv)
drv->request_release(drv);

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3 changes: 3 additions & 0 deletions drivers/media/video/cx88/cx88-dvb.c
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Expand Up @@ -133,7 +133,10 @@ static int cx88_dvb_bus_ctrl(struct dvb_frontend* fe, int acquire)
return -EINVAL;
}

mutex_lock(&dev->core->lock);
drv = cx8802_get_driver(dev, CX88_MPEG_DVB);
mutex_unlock(&dev->core->lock);

if (drv) {
if (acquire){
dev->frontends.active_fe_id = fe_id;
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11 changes: 7 additions & 4 deletions drivers/media/video/cx88/cx88-mpeg.c
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Expand Up @@ -748,22 +748,23 @@ int cx8802_unregister_driver(struct cx8802_driver *drv)
dev->pci->subsystem_device, dev->core->board.name,
dev->core->boardnr);

mutex_lock(&dev->core->lock);

list_for_each_entry_safe(d, dtmp, &dev->drvlist, drvlist) {
/* only unregister the correct driver type */
if (d->type_id != drv->type_id)
continue;

err = d->remove(d);
if (err == 0) {
mutex_lock(&drv->core->lock);
list_del(&d->drvlist);
mutex_unlock(&drv->core->lock);
kfree(d);
} else
printk(KERN_ERR "%s/2: cx8802 driver remove "
"failed (%d)\n", dev->core->name, err);
}

mutex_unlock(&dev->core->lock);
}

return err;
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -827,6 +828,8 @@ static void __devexit cx8802_remove(struct pci_dev *pci_dev)

flush_request_modules(dev);

mutex_lock(&dev->core->lock);

if (!list_empty(&dev->drvlist)) {
struct cx8802_driver *drv, *tmp;
int err;
Expand All @@ -838,16 +841,16 @@ static void __devexit cx8802_remove(struct pci_dev *pci_dev)
list_for_each_entry_safe(drv, tmp, &dev->drvlist, drvlist) {
err = drv->remove(drv);
if (err == 0) {
mutex_lock(&drv->core->lock);
list_del(&drv->drvlist);
mutex_unlock(&drv->core->lock);
} else
printk(KERN_ERR "%s/2: cx8802 driver remove "
"failed (%d)\n", dev->core->name, err);
kfree(drv);
}
}

mutex_unlock(&dev->core->lock);

/* Destroy any 8802 reference. */
dev->core->dvbdev = NULL;

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9 changes: 8 additions & 1 deletion drivers/media/video/cx88/cx88.h
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Expand Up @@ -506,7 +506,11 @@ struct cx8802_driver {
int (*resume)(struct pci_dev *pci_dev);

/* MPEG 8802 -> mini driver - Driver probe and configuration */

/* Caller must _not_ hold core->lock */
int (*probe)(struct cx8802_driver *drv);

/* Caller must hold core->lock */
int (*remove)(struct cx8802_driver *drv);

/* MPEG 8802 -> mini driver - Access for hardware control */
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -561,8 +565,9 @@ struct cx8802_dev {
/* for switching modulation types */
unsigned char ts_gen_cntrl;

/* List of attached drivers */
/* List of attached drivers; must hold core->lock to access */
struct list_head drvlist;

struct work_struct request_module_wk;
};

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int cx8802_register_driver(struct cx8802_driver *drv);
int cx8802_unregister_driver(struct cx8802_driver *drv);

/* Caller must hold core->lock */
struct cx8802_driver * cx8802_get_driver(struct cx8802_dev *dev, enum cx88_board_type btype);

/* ----------------------------------------------------------- */
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