[3.16.y-ckt stable] Patch "x86/irq: Call chip->irq_set_affinity in proper context" has been added to the 3.16.y-ckt tree

Luis Henriques luis.henriques at canonical.com
Wed Feb 17 10:48:57 UTC 2016


This is a note to let you know that I have just added a patch titled

    x86/irq: Call chip->irq_set_affinity in proper context

to the linux-3.16.y-queue branch of the 3.16.y-ckt extended stable tree 
which can be found at:

    http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git/ubuntu/linux.git/log/?h=linux-3.16.y-queue

This patch is scheduled to be released in version 3.16.7-ckt25.

If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to this tree, please 
reply to this email.

For more information about the 3.16.y-ckt tree, see
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/Dev/ExtendedStable

Thanks.
-Luis

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>From 0cbadcf2b9e90f23321ef754ed91282386e90a9d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx at linutronix.de>
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2016 08:43:38 +0100
Subject: x86/irq: Call chip->irq_set_affinity in proper context

commit e23b257c293ce4bcc8cabb2aa3097b6ed8a8261a upstream.

setup_ioapic_dest() calls irqchip->irq_set_affinity() completely
unprotected. That's wrong in several aspects:

 - it opens a race window where irq_set_affinity() can be interrupted and the
   irq chip left in unconsistent state.

 - it triggers a lockdep splat when we fix the vector race for 4.3+ because
   vector lock is taken with interrupts enabled.

The proper calling convention is irq descriptor lock held and interrupts
disabled.

Reported-and-tested-by: Borislav Petkov <bp at alien8.de>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx at linutronix.de>
Cc: Jiang Liu <jiang.liu at linux.intel.com>
Cc: Jeremiah Mahler <jmmahler at gmail.com>
Cc: andy.shevchenko at gmail.com
Cc: Guenter Roeck <linux at roeck-us.net>
Cc: Joe Lawrence <joe.lawrence at stratus.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/alpine.DEB.2.11.1601140919420.3575@nanos
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx at linutronix.de>
[ luis: backported to 3.16: adjusted context ]
Signed-off-by: Luis Henriques <luis.henriques at canonical.com>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/apic/io_apic.c | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/io_apic.c b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/io_apic.c
index 81e08eff05ee..9b0a93bfc800 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/io_apic.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/io_apic.c
@@ -3538,6 +3538,7 @@ void __init setup_ioapic_dest(void)
 {
 	int pin, ioapic, irq, irq_entry;
 	const struct cpumask *mask;
+	struct irq_desc *desc;
 	struct irq_data *idata;

 	if (skip_ioapic_setup == 1)
@@ -3553,7 +3554,9 @@ void __init setup_ioapic_dest(void)
 		if ((ioapic > 0) && (irq > 16))
 			continue;

-		idata = irq_get_irq_data(irq);
+		desc = irq_to_desc(irq);
+		raw_spin_lock_irq(&desc->lock);
+		idata = irq_desc_get_irq_data(desc);

 		/*
 		 * Honour affinities which have been set in early boot
@@ -3564,6 +3567,7 @@ void __init setup_ioapic_dest(void)
 			mask = apic->target_cpus();

 		x86_io_apic_ops.set_affinity(idata, mask, false);
+		raw_spin_unlock_irq(&desc->lock);
 	}

 }




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