mtd: sm_ftl: Fix deadlock caused by cancel_work_sync in sm_release
authorDuoming Zhou <duoming@zju.edu.cn>
Tue, 24 May 2022 04:48:41 +0000 (12:48 +0800)
committerMiquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@bootlin.com>
Thu, 9 Jun 2022 13:03:23 +0000 (15:03 +0200)
commita61528d997619a518ee8c51cf0ef0513021afaff
tree26f185dba1f8a3fd06c60b74eff7ad6c939c3930
parent77087a04c8fd554134bddcb8a9ff87b21f357926
mtd: sm_ftl: Fix deadlock caused by cancel_work_sync in sm_release

There is a deadlock between sm_release and sm_cache_flush_work
which is a work item. The cancel_work_sync in sm_release will
not return until sm_cache_flush_work is finished. If we hold
mutex_lock and use cancel_work_sync to wait the work item to
finish, the work item also requires mutex_lock. As a result,
the sm_release will be blocked forever. The race condition is
shown below:

    (Thread 1)             |   (Thread 2)
sm_release                 |
  mutex_lock(&ftl->mutex)  | sm_cache_flush_work
                           |   mutex_lock(&ftl->mutex)
  cancel_work_sync         |   ...

This patch moves del_timer_sync and cancel_work_sync out of
mutex_lock in order to mitigate deadlock.

Fixes: 7d17c02a01a1 ("mtd: Add new SmartMedia/xD FTL")
Signed-off-by: Duoming Zhou <duoming@zju.edu.cn>
Signed-off-by: Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@bootlin.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mtd/20220524044841.10517-1-duoming@zju.edu.cn
drivers/mtd/sm_ftl.c