Re: [PATCH] platform/chrome: cros_ec_lpc: Force synchronous probe

[Dmitry Torokhov]

On Fri, Nov 11, 2022 at 03:13:01PM -0800, Brian Norris wrote:
> This reverts commit bd88b965ae8c ("platform/chrome: cros_ec_lpc: Mark
> PROBE_PREFER_ASYNCHRONOUS"), and then some.
> 
> It has been reported that there are issues with 'cros-ec-keyb' devices
> that are children of this. As noted in the initial patch for its ACPI
> support (commit ba0f32141bc5 ("Input: cros_ec_keyb - handle x86
> detachable/convertible Chromebooks")), it's possible to probe an ACPI
> child device before its parent is probed -- hence the need for
> EPROBE_DEFER. Unfortunately, poking your parent's dev_get_drvdata()
> isn't safe with asynchronous probe, as there's no locking, and the
> ordering is all wrong anyway (drvdata is set before the device is
> *really* ready).
> 
> Because this parent/child relationship has known issues, let's go the
> other direction and force synchronous probe, until we resolve the
> issues.
> 
> Possible solutions involve adding device links, so we ensure the child
> doesn't probe before the parent is done; or perhaps some other larger
> refactoring (auxiliary bus?). But that might take a little more effort
> and review, as there are many other potential sub-devices of
> cros_ec_lpc that could need patching.
> 
> Note that we don't have the same problem for non-ACPI cros-ec hosts,
> like cros-ec-spi (commit 015e4b05c377 ("platform/chrome: cros_ec_spi:
> Set PROBE_PREFER_ASYNCHRONOUS")), because its sub-devices aren't created
> until cros_ec_register(), or they don't exist at all (e.g., FPMCU uses).
> 
> Fixes: bd88b965ae8c ("platform/chrome: cros_ec_lpc: Mark PROBE_PREFER_ASYNCHRONOUS")
> Signed-off-by: Brian Norris <briannorris@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@xxxxxxxxx>

> ---
> 
>  drivers/platform/chrome/cros_ec_lpc.c | 7 ++++++-
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/platform/chrome/cros_ec_lpc.c b/drivers/platform/chrome/cros_ec_lpc.c
> index 2e4dba724ada..7fc8f82280ac 100644
> --- a/drivers/platform/chrome/cros_ec_lpc.c
> +++ b/drivers/platform/chrome/cros_ec_lpc.c
> @@ -557,7 +557,12 @@ static struct platform_driver cros_ec_lpc_driver = {
>  		.name = DRV_NAME,
>  		.acpi_match_table = cros_ec_lpc_acpi_device_ids,
>  		.pm = &cros_ec_lpc_pm_ops,
> -		.probe_type = PROBE_PREFER_ASYNCHRONOUS,
> +		/*
> +		 * ACPI child devices may probe before us, and they racily
> +		 * check our drvdata pointer. Force synchronous probe until
> +		 * those races are resolved.
> +		 */
> +		.probe_type = PROBE_FORCE_SYNCHRONOUS,
>  	},
>  	.probe = cros_ec_lpc_probe,
>  	.remove = cros_ec_lpc_remove,
> -- 
> 2.38.1.431.g37b22c650d-goog
> 

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Dmitry