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Re: [PATCHv4 02/15] dmaengine: fsldma: drop desc_lock before invoking client callback

From: Frank Li <hidden>
Date: 2026-06-11 15:20:10
Also in: dmaengine, lkml, llvm

On Wed, Jun 10, 2026 at 08:52:32PM -0700, Rosen Penev wrote:
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
fsldma_run_tx_complete_actions() calls dmaengine_desc_get_callback_invoke()
while still holding chan->desc_lock.  If the client submits a new
transaction from their completion callback, fsl_dma_tx_submit()
tries to acquire the same non-recursive spinlock, causing a
self-deadlock.

Fix by extracting the callback info under the lock, removing the
descriptor from ld_running, dropping the lock, then invoking the
callback and running dependencies outside the lock.

Assisted-by: opencode:big-pickle
Signed-off-by: Rosen Penev <redacted>
---
 drivers/dma/fsldma.c | 108 ++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------
 1 file changed, 55 insertions(+), 53 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/dma/fsldma.c b/drivers/dma/fsldma.c
index 0e2f84862261..455d21d738de 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/fsldma.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/fsldma.c
@@ -496,16 +496,19 @@ static void fsldma_clean_completed_descriptor(struct fsldma_chan *chan)
 }

 /**
- * fsldma_run_tx_complete_actions - cleanup a single link descriptor
+ * fsldma_run_tx_complete_actions - unmap and extract callback from a descriptor
  * @chan: Freescale DMA channel
- * @desc: descriptor to cleanup and free
+ * @desc: descriptor to process
  * @cookie: Freescale DMA transaction identifier
+ * @cb: returned callback information
  *
- * This function is used on a descriptor which has been executed by the DMA
- * controller. It will run any callbacks, submit any dependencies.
+ * Unmap the descriptor if it has been submitted and extract its callback
+ * into @cb.  The caller must invoke the callback and run dependencies
+ * after releasing chan->desc_lock.
  */
 static dma_cookie_t fsldma_run_tx_complete_actions(struct fsldma_chan *chan,
-		struct fsl_desc_sw *desc, dma_cookie_t cookie)
+		struct fsl_desc_sw *desc, dma_cookie_t cookie,
+		struct dmaengine_desc_callback *cb)
 {
 	struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *txd = &desc->async_tx;
 	dma_cookie_t ret = cookie;
@@ -514,49 +517,14 @@ static dma_cookie_t fsldma_run_tx_complete_actions(struct fsldma_chan *chan,

 	if (txd->cookie > 0) {
 		ret = txd->cookie;
-
 		dma_descriptor_unmap(txd);
-		/* Run the link descriptor callback function */
-		dmaengine_desc_get_callback_invoke(txd, NULL);
 	}

-	/* Run any dependencies */
-	dma_run_dependencies(txd);
+	dmaengine_desc_get_callback(txd, cb);

 	return ret;
 }

-/**
- * fsldma_clean_running_descriptor - move the completed descriptor from
- * ld_running to ld_completed
- * @chan: Freescale DMA channel
- * @desc: the descriptor which is completed
- *
- * Free the descriptor directly if acked by async_tx api, or move it to
- * queue ld_completed.
- */
-static void fsldma_clean_running_descriptor(struct fsldma_chan *chan,
-		struct fsl_desc_sw *desc)
-{
-	/* Remove from the list of transactions */
-	list_del(&desc->node);
-
-	/*
-	 * the client is allowed to attach dependent operations
-	 * until 'ack' is set
-	 */
-	if (!async_tx_test_ack(&desc->async_tx)) {
-		/*
-		 * Move this descriptor to the list of descriptors which is
-		 * completed, but still awaiting the 'ack' bit to be set.
-		 */
-		list_add_tail(&desc->node, &chan->ld_completed);
-		return;
-	}
-
-	dma_pool_free(chan->desc_pool, desc, desc->async_tx.phys);
-}
-
 /**
  * fsl_chan_xfer_ld_queue - transfer any pending transactions
  * @chan : Freescale DMA channel
@@ -635,22 +603,23 @@ static void fsl_chan_xfer_ld_queue(struct fsldma_chan *chan)
  */
 static void fsldma_cleanup_descriptors(struct fsldma_chan *chan)
 {
-	struct fsl_desc_sw *desc, *_desc;
+	struct fsl_desc_sw *desc;
 	dma_cookie_t cookie = 0;
 	dma_addr_t curr_phys = get_cdar(chan);
 	int seen_current = 0;

 	fsldma_clean_completed_descriptor(chan);

-	/* Run the callback for each descriptor, in order */
-	list_for_each_entry_safe(desc, _desc, &chan->ld_running, node) {
-		/*
-		 * do not advance past the current descriptor loaded into the
-		 * hardware channel, subsequent descriptors are either in
-		 * process or have not been submitted
-		 */
-		if (seen_current)
-			break;
+	/*
+	 * Take descriptors one at a time from the front of the running
+	 * queue.  We re-read the list each iteration so that we don't
+	 * chase a stale next pointer across the lock-drop below.
+	 */
+	while (!seen_current && !list_empty(&chan->ld_running)) {
+		struct dmaengine_desc_callback cb;
+
+		desc = list_first_entry(&chan->ld_running,
+					struct fsl_desc_sw, node);

 		/*
 		 * stop the search if we reach the current descriptor and the
@@ -662,9 +631,42 @@ static void fsldma_cleanup_descriptors(struct fsldma_chan *chan)
 				break;
 		}

-		cookie = fsldma_run_tx_complete_actions(chan, desc, cookie);
+		cookie = fsldma_run_tx_complete_actions(chan, desc, cookie, &cb);

-		fsldma_clean_running_descriptor(chan, desc);
+		/*
+		 * Remove from the running list before dropping the lock so
+		 * that terminate_all cannot free this descriptor while we
+		 * call into the client below.
+		 */
+		list_del(&desc->node);
+
+		/*
+		 * Prevent dma_run_dependencies() from calling
+		 * fsl_chan_xfer_ld_queue() while we are not holding the
+		 * lock.  That would splice pending descriptors into
+		 * ld_running before they have been completed by hardware.
+		 * fsl_chan_xfer_ld_queue at the end of this function will
+		 * re-evaluate the situation.
+		 */
+		chan->idle = false;
+
+		/*
+		 * Drop the lock before invoking the client callback, since
+		 * the DMAengine API explicitly allows clients to submit new
+		 * transactions from their completion callback.  Otherwise
+		 * we self-deadlock on chan->desc_lock.
+		 */
+		spin_unlock(&chan->desc_lock);
+		dmaengine_desc_callback_invoke(&cb, NULL);
+		dma_run_dependencies(&desc->async_tx);
+		spin_lock(&chan->desc_lock);
Not sure if you have hardware to test it. This change is quite big. Generally,
keep desc_lock and move these complete queue,  defer to tasklet or workqueue
run callback in in complete queue by hold complete queue's lock.
+
+		chan->idle = true;
+
+		if (!async_tx_test_ack(&desc->async_tx))
+			list_add_tail(&desc->node, &chan->ld_completed);
+		else
+			dma_pool_free(chan->desc_pool, desc, desc->async_tx.phys);
desc already removed from list, needn't hold desc_lock, you can move it
just before spin_lock()

You should use difference lock for ld_completed.

Frank
 	}

 	/*
--
2.54.0
  
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