[PATCH v2 6/6] efi/runtime-wrappers: retire the worker if a wedged call ever returns
Breno Leitao <[email protected]> Fri, 12 Jun 2026 04:01:33 -0700
| Newsgroups | org.kernel.vger.linux-efi,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel |
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| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
When __efi_queue_work() times out it disables runtime services and returns, but the kworker is still blocked inside firmware. If the firmware eventually unblocks, efi_call_rts() would run its tail on an efi_rts_work that the timed-out caller has long abandoned: signalling a stale completion and clearing efi_runtime_lock_owner that may by then belong to another caller. If runtime services have been disabled by the time the call returns, park the worker in a schedule() loop instead, so it never touches efi_rts_work again or returns to the workqueue. x86's efi_crash_gracefully_on_page_fault() already ends in the same loop for the page-fault case. Factor it into efi_rts_park_worker() and call it from both paths. Suggested-by: Ard Biesheuvel <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao <[email protected]> --- arch/x86/platform/efi/quirks.c | 9 +-------- drivers/firmware/efi/runtime-wrappers.c | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++ include/linux/efi.h | 2 ++ 3 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/platform/efi/quirks.c b/arch/x86/platform/efi/quirks.c index 90a065fcb1fab..02c56a02eb9bc 100644 --- a/arch/x86/platform/efi/quirks.c +++ b/arch/x86/platform/efi/quirks.c @@ -832,12 +832,5 @@ void efi_crash_gracefully_on_page_fault(unsigned long phys_addr, clear_bit(EFI_RUNTIME_SERVICES, &efi.flags); pr_info("Froze efi_rts_wq and disabled EFI Runtime Services\n"); - /* - * Call schedule() in an infinite loop, so that any spurious wake ups - * will never run efi_rts_wq again. - */ - for (;;) { - set_current_state(TASK_IDLE); - schedule(); - } + efi_rts_park_worker(); } diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/runtime-wrappers.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/runtime-wrappers.c index 842f72d44211f..998e5f8f1c62c 100644 --- a/drivers/firmware/efi/runtime-wrappers.c +++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/runtime-wrappers.c @@ -219,6 +219,19 @@ static struct task_struct *efi_runtime_lock_owner; extern struct semaphore __efi_uv_runtime_lock __alias(efi_runtime_lock); #endif +/* + * Park a worker that must never run efi_rts_wq again: EFI runtime services + * have been disabled and its efi_rts_work is abandoned. Loop in schedule() + * so a spurious wakeup cannot resume it. + */ +void efi_rts_park_worker(void) +{ + for (;;) { + set_current_state(TASK_IDLE); + schedule(); + } +} + /* * Calls the appropriate efi_runtime_service() with the appropriate * arguments. @@ -320,6 +333,14 @@ static void __nocfi efi_call_rts(struct work_struct *work) efi_call_virt_check_flags(flags, efi_rts_work.caller); arch_efi_call_virt_teardown(); + /* + * If __efi_queue_work() timed out and disabled runtime services, the + * caller is gone and efi_rts_work is no longer ours: park the worker + * so it never signals the stale completion or runs again. + */ + if (!efi_enabled(EFI_RUNTIME_SERVICES)) + efi_rts_park_worker(); + efi_rts_work.status = status; complete(&efi_rts_work.efi_rts_comp); efi_runtime_lock_owner = NULL; diff --git a/include/linux/efi.h b/include/linux/efi.h index 24221a8424121..015505423277e 100644 --- a/include/linux/efi.h +++ b/include/linux/efi.h @@ -1256,6 +1256,8 @@ extern struct efi_runtime_work efi_rts_work; /* Workqueue to queue EFI Runtime Services */ extern struct workqueue_struct *efi_rts_wq; +void efi_rts_park_worker(void); + struct linux_efi_memreserve { int size; // allocated size of the array atomic_t count; // number of entries used -- 2.53.0-Meta