[PATCH 6.18 290/396] i2c: jz4780: Cache host clock rate at probe to prevent CCF prepare_lock deadlock

Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]>
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.stable,dev.linux.lists.patches
Message-ID <[email protected]>
6.18-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: H. Nikolaus Schaller <[email protected]>

commit d99607c888f26e8a4e9fe9772860cef4aff86bb4 upstream.

Fix a severe AB/BA deadlock between the Common Clock Framework (CCF)
and the I2C adapter lock, which triggers when an I2C-controlled clock
generator client (like the Si5351) is registered or modified under the CCF.

During an i2c client clock (generator) frequency change, the CCF acquires its global
'prepare_lock' mutex and the driver calls i2c_transfer() to update the client's
chip registers, stalling for the adapter's I2C bus lock.

Concurrently, an independent, parallel transfer on the same bus (e.g., a GPIO
expander handling LEDs) can hold the I2C adapter lock. Inside this parallel
transfer path, jz4780_i2c_set_speed() calls clk_get_rate() on the host
controller's input clock to calculate bus timings. This call attempts to acquire
the blocked CCF 'prepare_lock', creating a circular dependency that freezes
the system.

The jz4780 host controller clock itself is static and never changes at runtime.

However, calling clk_get_rate() inside the active transfer path introduces
an unnecessary dependency on the CCF internal locks.

Eliminate this synchronous clk_get_rate() call from the active transfer
path by caching the static host peripheral clock rate once - inside the private
jz4780_i2c structure during jz4780_i2c_probe(). Update jz4780_i2c_set_speed()
to use this cached value, safely decoupling active I2C transactions from the
CCF internal locks without any risk of stale timings.

Assisted-by web based Google AI (pinpointing the bug and writing the message).

Fixes: ba92222ed63a12 ("i2c: jz4780: Add i2c bus controller driver for Ingenic JZ4780")
Signed-off-by: H. Nikolaus Schaller <[email protected]>
Cc: <[email protected]> # v4.1+
Signed-off-by: Andi Shyti <[email protected]>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/2db6fd233aceb7238474e4833f4d25ca681c3ffb.1784492382.git.hns@goldelico.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]>
---
 drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-jz4780.c |    5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-jz4780.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-jz4780.c
@@ -141,6 +141,7 @@ struct jz4780_i2c {
 	void __iomem		*iomem;
 	int			 irq;
 	struct clk		*clk;
+	unsigned long		 clk_rate_khz;
 	struct i2c_adapter	 adap;
 	const struct ingenic_i2c_config *cdata;
 
@@ -246,7 +247,7 @@ static int jz4780_i2c_set_target(struct
 
 static int jz4780_i2c_set_speed(struct jz4780_i2c *i2c)
 {
-	int dev_clk_khz = clk_get_rate(i2c->clk) / 1000;
+	int dev_clk_khz = i2c->clk_rate_khz;
 	int cnt_high = 0;	/* HIGH period count of the SCL clock */
 	int cnt_low = 0;	/* LOW period count of the SCL clock */
 	int cnt_period = 0;	/* period count of the SCL clock */
@@ -796,6 +797,8 @@ static int jz4780_i2c_probe(struct platf
 	if (IS_ERR(i2c->clk))
 		return PTR_ERR(i2c->clk);
 
+	i2c->clk_rate_khz = clk_get_rate(i2c->clk) / 1000;
+
 	ret = of_property_read_u32(pdev->dev.of_node, "clock-frequency",
 				   &clk_freq);
 	if (ret) {
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