[PATCH AUTOSEL 6.1 05/34] usb: gadget: u_serial: Avoid spinlock recursion in __gs_console_push

From: Sasha Levin
Date: Sun Jul 23 2023 - 21:40:49 EST


From: Prashanth K <quic_prashk@xxxxxxxxxxx>

[ Upstream commit e5990469943c711cb00bfde6338d2add6c6d0bfe ]

When serial console over USB is enabled, gs_console_connect
queues gs_console_work, where it acquires the spinlock and
queues the usb request, and this request goes to gadget layer.
Now consider a situation where gadget layer prints something
to dmesg, this will eventually call gs_console_write() which
requires cons->lock. And this causes spinlock recursion. Avoid
this by excluding usb_ep_queue from the spinlock.

spin_lock_irqsave //needs cons->lock
gs_console_write
.
.
_printk
__warn_printk
dev_warn/pr_err
.
.
[USB Gadget Layer]
.
.
usb_ep_queue
gs_console_work
__gs_console_push // acquires cons->lock
process_one_work

Signed-off-by: Prashanth K <quic_prashk@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/1683638872-6885-1-git-send-email-quic_prashk@xxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/usb/gadget/function/u_serial.c | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/function/u_serial.c b/drivers/usb/gadget/function/u_serial.c
index db6fd0238d4b4..2dcd30c96e20d 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/gadget/function/u_serial.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/function/u_serial.c
@@ -915,8 +915,11 @@ static void __gs_console_push(struct gs_console *cons)
}

req->length = size;
+
+ spin_unlock_irq(&cons->lock);
if (usb_ep_queue(ep, req, GFP_ATOMIC))
req->length = 0;
+ spin_lock_irq(&cons->lock);
}

static void gs_console_work(struct work_struct *work)
--
2.39.2