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Re: [PATCH 2/3] HID: Intel-thc-hid: Intel-quicki2c: Refine recover callback

From: sashiko-bot@kernel.org
Date: 2026-07-01 02:15:49

Thank you for your contribution! Sashiko AI review found 3 potential issue(s) to consider:
- [High] Missing cancellation of the scheduled asynchronous recovery work during device removal and shutdown leads to a Use-After-Free.
- [High] Unconditionally re-enabling hardware interrupts before the asynchronous recovery completes causes an immediate interrupt storm.
- [High] The deferred `try_recover` work function accesses hardware registers directly without acquiring a Runtime PM reference.
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commit 8f5c7d640eb5d690c93bdf294d89a5d9087edae5
Author: Even Xu [off-list ref]

HID: Intel-thc-hid: Intel-quicki2c: Refine recover callback

This commit refines the recover flow by moving the hardware recovery operation
to an asynchronous workqueue. It replaces the inline recover operation with a
call to schedule_work() and simplifies the recover callback using
thc_rxdma_reset().
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diff --git a/drivers/hid/intel-thc-hid/intel-quicki2c/pci-quicki2c.c b/drivers/hid/intel-thc-hid/intel-quicki2c/pci-quicki2c.c
index 46d3e9a019995..411d7a0ab90ef 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/intel-thc-hid/intel-quicki2c/pci-quicki2c.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/intel-thc-hid/intel-quicki2c/pci-quicki2c.c
[ ... ]
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@@ -245,28 +245,23 @@ static irqreturn_t quicki2c_irq_quick_handler(int irq, void *dev_id)
 }
 
-static int try_recover(struct quicki2c_device *qcdev)
+static void try_recover(struct work_struct *work)
 {
+	struct quicki2c_device *qcdev = container_of(work, struct quicki2c_device, recover_work);
 
+	thc_interrupt_enable(qcdev->thc_hw, false);
 
[Severity: High]
Is it safe to access the hardware registers in this work function without
holding a runtime PM reference?

Since the IRQ handler calls pm_runtime_put_autosuspend() right after
scheduling the work, could the device transition to a suspended state before
try_recover() executes, resulting in invalid MMIO accesses when trying to
manipulate the THC registers?
-	thc_dma_unconfigure(qcdev->thc_hw);
-
-	ret = thc_dma_configure(qcdev->thc_hw);
-	if (ret) {
-		dev_err(qcdev->dev, "Reconfig DMA failed\n");
-		return ret;
-	}
+	if (thc_rxdma_reset(qcdev->thc_hw))
+		qcdev->state = QUICKI2C_DISABLED;
+	else
+		thc_interrupt_enable(qcdev->thc_hw, true);
 }
[ ... ]
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@@ -346,8 +341,7 @@ static irqreturn_t quicki2c_irq_thread_handler(int irq, void *dev_id)
 	thc_interrupt_enable(qcdev->thc_hw, true);
 
[Severity: High]
Does re-enabling the interrupt here before the recovery work executes cause
an interrupt storm?

Because the actual hardware error state isn't cleared until thc_rxdma_reset()
runs asynchronously in the workqueue, unmasking the interrupt here might
cause the hardware to instantly re-assert the interrupt. Could this lead to
an infinite loop between the hard IRQ and threaded IRQ handlers, thereby
starving the system workqueue from ever executing try_recover()?
 	if (err_recover)
-		if (try_recover(qcdev))
-			qcdev->state = QUICKI2C_DISABLED;
+		schedule_work(&qcdev->recover_work);
 
 	pm_runtime_put_autosuspend(qcdev->dev);
[ ... ]
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@@ -386,6 +380,7 @@ static struct quicki2c_device *quicki2c_dev_init(struct pci_dev *pdev, void __io
 	qcdev->ddata = ddata;
 
 	init_waitqueue_head(&qcdev->reset_ack_wq);
+	INIT_WORK(&qcdev->recover_work, try_recover);
 
[Severity: High]
When the device is removed, could the scheduled work run after the device
context is freed?

Looking at quicki2c_remove(), there is no call to cancel_work_sync() before
tearing down the device. Since qcdev is allocated with devres, might
this lead to a use-after-free if the recovery work is still queued on the
system workqueue when the removal path finishes?
 	/* THC hardware init */
 	qcdev->thc_hw = thc_dev_init(qcdev->dev, qcdev->mem_addr);
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Sashiko AI review · https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260701020432.3774514-1-even.xu@intel.com?part=2
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