[PATCH v4 07/10] mpi3mr: Fix firmware event reference leak during cleanup
Ranjan Kumar <[email protected]> Wed, 5 Aug 2026 16:36:31 +0530
| Newsgroups | gmane.linux.scsi |
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| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
During firmware event cleanup, when an event is currently executing or pending at the SCSI mid-layer, the driver sets a discard flag and exits the cleanup routine early. This early exit skips the normal cancel path, resulting in the firmware event reference count not being decremented, leading to a reference leak. Additionally, resolve the following concurrency issues in the firmware event handling paths: 1. mpi3mr_cleanup_fwevt_list() read current_event locklessly. It is now acquired under fwevt_lock. 2. mpi3mr_dequeue_fwevt() dropped the reference before returning it, risking a use-after-free. The drop is now moved into mpi3mr_cancel_work(). 3. mpi3mr_fwevt_bh() dropped fwevt_lock mid-move, racing with unload. The move is now inlined under one continuous lock hold. 4. pending_at_sml was read/written without a lock, risking an ABBA deadlock. It is now protected by fwevt_lock throughout. 5. mpi3mr_suspend() could unmap PCI resources before the event worker finished. It now flushes the workqueue first. 6. mpi3mr_report_tgtdev_to_host() and mpi3mr_remove_tgtdev_from_host() could still set pending_at_sml and block in the SCSI mid-layer after a stop or reset had already begun, deadlocking against the thread waiting on that flag. Both now bail out beforehand once stop_drv_processing or reset_in_progress is set. Reported-by: Sashiko <[email protected]> Closes: https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/[email protected]?part=7 Closes: https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/[email protected]?part=7 Closes: https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/[email protected]?part=7 Signed-off-by: Chandrakanth Patil <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Ranjan Kumar <[email protected]> --- drivers/scsi/mpi3mr/mpi3mr_os.c | 139 +++++++++++++++++-------- drivers/scsi/mpi3mr/mpi3mr_transport.c | 20 +++- 2 files changed, 109 insertions(+), 50 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/scsi/mpi3mr/mpi3mr_os.c b/drivers/scsi/mpi3mr/mpi3mr_os.c index 23a6a5e3df5f..a34ea7e05690 100644 --- a/drivers/scsi/mpi3mr/mpi3mr_os.c +++ b/drivers/scsi/mpi3mr/mpi3mr_os.c @@ -282,32 +282,6 @@ void mpi3mr_hdb_trigger_data_event(struct mpi3mr_ioc *mrioc, mpi3mr_fwevt_add_to_list(mrioc, fwevt); } -/** - * mpi3mr_fwevt_del_from_list - Delete firmware event from list - * @mrioc: Adapter instance reference - * @fwevt: Firmware event reference - * - * Delete the given firmware event from the firmware event list. - * - * Return: Nothing. - */ -static void mpi3mr_fwevt_del_from_list(struct mpi3mr_ioc *mrioc, - struct mpi3mr_fwevt *fwevt) -{ - unsigned long flags; - - spin_lock_irqsave(&mrioc->fwevt_lock, flags); - if (!list_empty(&fwevt->list)) { - list_del_init(&fwevt->list); - /* - * Put fwevt reference count after - * removing it from fwevt_list - */ - mpi3mr_fwevt_put(fwevt); - } - spin_unlock_irqrestore(&mrioc->fwevt_lock, flags); -} - /** * mpi3mr_dequeue_fwevt - Dequeue firmware event from the list * @mrioc: Adapter instance reference @@ -327,11 +301,7 @@ static struct mpi3mr_fwevt *mpi3mr_dequeue_fwevt( fwevt = list_first_entry(&mrioc->fwevt_list, struct mpi3mr_fwevt, list); list_del_init(&fwevt->list); - /* - * Put fwevt reference count after - * removing it from fwevt_list - */ - mpi3mr_fwevt_put(fwevt); + } spin_unlock_irqrestore(&mrioc->fwevt_lock, flags); @@ -365,6 +335,11 @@ static void mpi3mr_cancel_work(struct mpi3mr_fwevt *fwevt) */ mpi3mr_fwevt_put(fwevt); } + + /* + * Drop the reference count that was acquired by the caller. + */ + mpi3mr_fwevt_put(fwevt); } /** @@ -379,17 +354,44 @@ static void mpi3mr_cancel_work(struct mpi3mr_fwevt *fwevt) void mpi3mr_cleanup_fwevt_list(struct mpi3mr_ioc *mrioc) { struct mpi3mr_fwevt *fwevt = NULL; + unsigned long flags; + /* + * Safely read current_event under lock to prevent TOCTOU race + * with the firmware event worker thread. + */ + spin_lock_irqsave(&mrioc->fwevt_lock, flags); if ((list_empty(&mrioc->fwevt_list) && !mrioc->current_event) || - !mrioc->fwevt_worker_thread) + !mrioc->fwevt_worker_thread) { + spin_unlock_irqrestore(&mrioc->fwevt_lock, flags); return; + } + spin_unlock_irqrestore(&mrioc->fwevt_lock, flags); while ((fwevt = mpi3mr_dequeue_fwevt(mrioc))) mpi3mr_cancel_work(fwevt); - if (mrioc->current_event) { - fwevt = mrioc->current_event; + /* + * Safely read current_event under lock to prevent TOCTOU race + * with the firmware event worker thread. + */ + spin_lock_irqsave(&mrioc->fwevt_lock, flags); + fwevt = mrioc->current_event; + if (fwevt) { + /* + * Take a reference to ensure the event is not freed by the + * worker thread while we are evaluating or cancelling it. + */ + mpi3mr_fwevt_get(fwevt); + } + spin_unlock_irqrestore(&mrioc->fwevt_lock, flags); + + if (fwevt) { + bool pending_at_sml; + /* + * Read pending_at_sml under lock to avoid a stale value. + * * Don't call cancel_work_sync() API for the * fwevt work if the controller reset is * get called as part of processing the @@ -397,8 +399,13 @@ void mpi3mr_cleanup_fwevt_list(struct mpi3mr_ioc *mrioc) * waiting for device add/remove APIs to complete. * Otherwise we will see deadlock. */ - if (current_work() == &fwevt->work || fwevt->pending_at_sml) { + spin_lock_irqsave(&mrioc->fwevt_lock, flags); + pending_at_sml = fwevt->pending_at_sml; + spin_unlock_irqrestore(&mrioc->fwevt_lock, flags); + + if (current_work() == &fwevt->work || pending_at_sml) { fwevt->discard = 1; + mpi3mr_fwevt_put(fwevt); return; } @@ -912,6 +919,8 @@ void mpi3mr_remove_tgtdev_from_host(struct mpi3mr_ioc *mrioc, struct mpi3mr_tgt_dev *tgtdev) { struct mpi3mr_stgt_priv_data *tgt_priv; + unsigned long flags; + bool discard = false; ioc_info(mrioc, "%s :Removing handle(0x%04x), wwid(0x%016llx)\n", __func__, tgtdev->dev_handle, (unsigned long long)tgtdev->wwid); @@ -924,17 +933,27 @@ void mpi3mr_remove_tgtdev_from_host(struct mpi3mr_ioc *mrioc, if (!mrioc->sas_transport_enabled || (tgtdev->dev_type != MPI3_DEVICE_DEVFORM_SAS_SATA) || tgtdev->non_stl) { if (tgtdev->starget) { + spin_lock_irqsave(&mrioc->fwevt_lock, flags); + if (mrioc->stop_drv_processing || + mrioc->reset_in_progress) { + spin_unlock_irqrestore(&mrioc->fwevt_lock, flags); + return; + } if (mrioc->current_event) mrioc->current_event->pending_at_sml = 1; + spin_unlock_irqrestore(&mrioc->fwevt_lock, flags); scsi_remove_target(&tgtdev->starget->dev); tgtdev->host_exposed = 0; + spin_lock_irqsave(&mrioc->fwevt_lock, flags); if (mrioc->current_event) { mrioc->current_event->pending_at_sml = 0; - if (mrioc->current_event->discard) { - mpi3mr_print_device_event_notice(mrioc, - false); - return; - } + discard = mrioc->current_event->discard; + } + spin_unlock_irqrestore(&mrioc->fwevt_lock, flags); + if (discard) { + mpi3mr_print_device_event_notice(mrioc, + false); + return; } } } else @@ -962,6 +981,8 @@ static int mpi3mr_report_tgtdev_to_host(struct mpi3mr_ioc *mrioc, { int retval = 0; struct mpi3mr_tgt_dev *tgtdev; + unsigned long flags; + bool discard = false; if (mrioc->reset_in_progress || mrioc->pci_err_recovery) return -1; @@ -978,19 +999,29 @@ static int mpi3mr_report_tgtdev_to_host(struct mpi3mr_ioc *mrioc, if (!mrioc->sas_transport_enabled || (tgtdev->dev_type != MPI3_DEVICE_DEVFORM_SAS_SATA) || tgtdev->non_stl){ tgtdev->host_exposed = 1; + spin_lock_irqsave(&mrioc->fwevt_lock, flags); + if (mrioc->stop_drv_processing || mrioc->reset_in_progress) { + spin_unlock_irqrestore(&mrioc->fwevt_lock, flags); + tgtdev->host_exposed = 0; + goto out; + } if (mrioc->current_event) mrioc->current_event->pending_at_sml = 1; + spin_unlock_irqrestore(&mrioc->fwevt_lock, flags); scsi_scan_target(&mrioc->shost->shost_gendev, mrioc->scsi_device_channel, tgtdev->perst_id, SCAN_WILD_CARD, SCSI_SCAN_INITIAL); if (!tgtdev->starget) tgtdev->host_exposed = 0; + spin_lock_irqsave(&mrioc->fwevt_lock, flags); if (mrioc->current_event) { mrioc->current_event->pending_at_sml = 0; - if (mrioc->current_event->discard) { - mpi3mr_print_device_event_notice(mrioc, true); - goto out; - } + discard = mrioc->current_event->discard; + } + spin_unlock_irqrestore(&mrioc->fwevt_lock, flags); + if (discard) { + mpi3mr_print_device_event_notice(mrioc, true); + goto out; } dprint_event_bh(mrioc, "exposed target device with handle(0x%04x), perst_id(%d)\n", @@ -2133,9 +2164,19 @@ static void mpi3mr_fwevt_bh(struct mpi3mr_ioc *mrioc, u16 perst_id, handle, dev_info; struct mpi3_device0_sas_sata_format *sasinf = NULL; unsigned int timeout; + unsigned long flags; - mpi3mr_fwevt_del_from_list(mrioc, fwevt); + spin_lock_irqsave(&mrioc->fwevt_lock, flags); + if (!list_empty(&fwevt->list)) { + list_del_init(&fwevt->list); + /* + * Put fwevt reference count after + * removing it from fwevt_list + */ + mpi3mr_fwevt_put(fwevt); + } mrioc->current_event = fwevt; + spin_unlock_irqrestore(&mrioc->fwevt_lock, flags); if (mrioc->stop_drv_processing) { dprint_event_bh(mrioc, "ignoring event(0x%02x) in the bottom half handler\n" @@ -2268,9 +2309,12 @@ static void mpi3mr_fwevt_bh(struct mpi3mr_ioc *mrioc, mpi3mr_process_event_ack(mrioc, fwevt->event_id, fwevt->evt_ctx); out: + spin_lock_irqsave(&mrioc->fwevt_lock, flags); + mrioc->current_event = NULL; + spin_unlock_irqrestore(&mrioc->fwevt_lock, flags); + /* Put fwevt reference count to neutralize kref_init increment */ mpi3mr_fwevt_put(fwevt); - mrioc->current_event = NULL; } /** @@ -5811,6 +5855,9 @@ mpi3mr_suspend(struct device *dev) ssleep(1); mrioc->stop_drv_processing = 1; mpi3mr_cleanup_fwevt_list(mrioc); + /* Flush any pending discarded event before unmapping PCI resources below. */ + if (mrioc->fwevt_worker_thread) + flush_workqueue(mrioc->fwevt_worker_thread); scsi_block_requests(shost); mpi3mr_stop_watchdog(mrioc); mpi3mr_cleanup_ioc(mrioc); diff --git a/drivers/scsi/mpi3mr/mpi3mr_transport.c b/drivers/scsi/mpi3mr/mpi3mr_transport.c index 240f67a8e2e3..b309cfdf6687 100644 --- a/drivers/scsi/mpi3mr/mpi3mr_transport.c +++ b/drivers/scsi/mpi3mr/mpi3mr_transport.c @@ -1330,6 +1330,7 @@ static struct mpi3mr_sas_port *mpi3mr_sas_port_add(struct mpi3mr_ioc *mrioc, struct mpi3mr_sas_phy *mr_sas_phy, *next; struct mpi3mr_sas_port *mr_sas_port; unsigned long flags; + bool discard = false; struct mpi3mr_sas_node *mr_sas_node; struct sas_rphy *rphy; struct mpi3mr_tgt_dev *tgtdev = NULL; @@ -1457,8 +1458,10 @@ static struct mpi3mr_sas_port *mpi3mr_sas_port_add(struct mpi3mr_ioc *mrioc, } rphy->identify = mr_sas_port->remote_identify; + spin_lock_irqsave(&mrioc->fwevt_lock, flags); if (mrioc->current_event) mrioc->current_event->pending_at_sml = 1; + spin_unlock_irqrestore(&mrioc->fwevt_lock, flags); if ((sas_rphy_add(rphy))) { ioc_err(mrioc, "failure at %s:%d/%s()!\n", @@ -1480,11 +1483,14 @@ static struct mpi3mr_sas_port *mpi3mr_sas_port_add(struct mpi3mr_ioc *mrioc, list_add_tail(&mr_sas_port->port_list, &mr_sas_node->sas_port_list); spin_unlock_irqrestore(&mrioc->sas_node_lock, flags); + spin_lock_irqsave(&mrioc->fwevt_lock, flags); if (mrioc->current_event) { mrioc->current_event->pending_at_sml = 0; - if (mrioc->current_event->discard) - mpi3mr_print_device_event_notice(mrioc, true); + discard = mrioc->current_event->discard; } + spin_unlock_irqrestore(&mrioc->fwevt_lock, flags); + if (discard) + mpi3mr_print_device_event_notice(mrioc, true); /* fill in report manufacture */ if (mr_sas_port->remote_identify.device_type == @@ -1522,6 +1528,7 @@ static void mpi3mr_sas_port_remove(struct mpi3mr_ioc *mrioc, u64 sas_address, { int i; unsigned long flags; + bool discard = false; struct mpi3mr_sas_port *mr_sas_port, *next; struct mpi3mr_sas_node *mr_sas_node; u8 found = 0; @@ -1578,8 +1585,10 @@ static void mpi3mr_sas_port_remove(struct mpi3mr_ioc *mrioc, u64 sas_address, spin_unlock_irqrestore(&mrioc->sas_node_lock, flags); + spin_lock_irqsave(&mrioc->fwevt_lock, flags); if (mrioc->current_event) mrioc->current_event->pending_at_sml = 1; + spin_unlock_irqrestore(&mrioc->fwevt_lock, flags); list_for_each_entry_safe(mr_sas_phy, next_phy, &mr_sas_port->phy_list, port_siblings) { @@ -1601,11 +1610,14 @@ static void mpi3mr_sas_port_remove(struct mpi3mr_ioc *mrioc, u64 sas_address, ioc_info(mrioc, "%s: removed sas_address(0x%016llx)\n", __func__, (unsigned long long)sas_address); + spin_lock_irqsave(&mrioc->fwevt_lock, flags); if (mrioc->current_event) { mrioc->current_event->pending_at_sml = 0; - if (mrioc->current_event->discard) - mpi3mr_print_device_event_notice(mrioc, false); + discard = mrioc->current_event->discard; } + spin_unlock_irqrestore(&mrioc->fwevt_lock, flags); + if (discard) + mpi3mr_print_device_event_notice(mrioc, false); kfree(mr_sas_port); } -- 2.47.3