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thunderbolt: Fix NULL dereference in tb_remove_work()grafted
There is a slight race between tb_remove_work() and tb_domain_remove() which leads to dereferencing a NULL tb->root_switch pointer inside tb_free_unplugged_xdomains(): Thread A Thread B tb_remove_work() tb_domain_remove() mutex_lock(&tb->lock) tb_stop() /* doesn't cancel a running callback */ cancel_delayed_work(&tcm->remove_work) ... tb_switch_remove(tb->root_switch) tb->root_switch = NULL mutex_unlock(&tb->lock) mutex_lock(&tb->lock) ... /* without checking ->root_switch */ tb_free_unplugged_xdomains(tb->root_switch) mutex_unlock(&tb->lock) Commit a8937f35cf39 ("thunderbolt: Remove XDomain from the bus without holding tb->lock") doesn't seem right to move tb_free_unplugged_xdomains() out of the &tb->lock section and the check for tb->root_switch, in particular. It states: For this reason separate removing the XDomain from the topology data structures (where we need the lock) from unregistering the device from the bus (where remove callbacks of the drivers are being called). tb_free_unplugged_xdomains() belongs to the former group of functions requiring the lock. And it also calls tb_xdomain_remove() which should only be called with &tb->lock held. Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with Svace static analysis tool. Fixes: a8937f35cf39 ("thunderbolt: Remove XDomain from the bus without holding tb->lock") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Fedor Pchelkin <pchelkin@ispras.ru> Signed-off-by: Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@linux.intel.com>
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+========================
+The io_mapping functions
+========================
+
+API
+===
+
+The io_mapping functions in linux/io-mapping.h provide an abstraction for
+efficiently mapping small regions of an I/O device to the CPU. The initial
+usage is to support the large graphics aperture on 32-bit processors where
+ioremap_wc cannot be used to statically map the entire aperture to the CPU
+as it would consume too much of the kernel address space.
+
+A mapping object is created during driver initialization using::
+
+ struct io_mapping *io_mapping_create_wc(unsigned long base,
+ unsigned long size)
+
+'base' is the bus address of the region to be made
+mappable, while 'size' indicates how large a mapping region to
+enable. Both are in bytes.
+
+This _wc variant provides a mapping which may only be used with
+io_mapping_map_atomic_wc(), io_mapping_map_local_wc() or
+io_mapping_map_wc().
+
+With this mapping object, individual pages can be mapped either temporarily
+or long term, depending on the requirements. Of course, temporary maps are
+more efficient. They come in two flavours::
+
+ void *io_mapping_map_local_wc(struct io_mapping *mapping,
+ unsigned long offset)
+
+ void *io_mapping_map_atomic_wc(struct io_mapping *mapping,
+ unsigned long offset)
+
+'offset' is the offset within the defined mapping region. Accessing
+addresses beyond the region specified in the creation function yields
+undefined results. Using an offset which is not page aligned yields an
+undefined result. The return value points to a single page in CPU address
+space.
+
+This _wc variant returns a write-combining map to the page and may only be
+used with mappings created by io_mapping_create_wc()
+
+Temporary mappings are only valid in the context of the caller. The mapping
+is not guaranteed to be globally visible.
+
+io_mapping_map_local_wc() has a side effect on X86 32bit as it disables
+migration to make the mapping code work. No caller can rely on this side
+effect.
+
+io_mapping_map_atomic_wc() has the side effect of disabling preemption and
+pagefaults. Don't use in new code. Use io_mapping_map_local_wc() instead.
+
+Nested mappings need to be undone in reverse order because the mapping
+code uses a stack for keeping track of them::
+
+ addr1 = io_mapping_map_local_wc(map1, offset1);
+ addr2 = io_mapping_map_local_wc(map2, offset2);
+ ...
+ io_mapping_unmap_local(addr2);
+ io_mapping_unmap_local(addr1);
+
+The mappings are released with::
+
+ void io_mapping_unmap_local(void *vaddr)
+ void io_mapping_unmap_atomic(void *vaddr)
+
+'vaddr' must be the value returned by the last io_mapping_map_local_wc() or
+io_mapping_map_atomic_wc() call. This unmaps the specified mapping and
+undoes the side effects of the mapping functions.
+
+If you need to sleep while holding a mapping, you can use the regular
+variant, although this may be significantly slower::
+
+ void *io_mapping_map_wc(struct io_mapping *mapping,
+ unsigned long offset)
+
+This works like io_mapping_map_atomic/local_wc() except it has no side
+effects and the pointer is globally visible.
+
+The mappings are released with::
+
+ void io_mapping_unmap(void *vaddr)
+
+Use for pages mapped with io_mapping_map_wc().
+
+At driver close time, the io_mapping object must be freed::
+
+ void io_mapping_free(struct io_mapping *mapping)