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From: "A. Sverdlin" <alexander.sverdlin@siemens.com>
To: linux-leds@vger.kernel.org
Cc: "Alexander Sverdlin" <alexander.sverdlin@siemens.com>,
	"Lee Jones" <lee@kernel.org>, "Pavel Machek" <pavel@kernel.org>,
	"Andrew Lunn" <andrew@lunn.ch>,
	"Mike Marciniszyn (Meta)" <mike.marciniszyn@gmail.com>,
	"Jakub Kicinski" <kuba@kernel.org>, "Kees Cook" <kees@kernel.org>,
	"Marek Behún" <kabel@kernel.org>,
	"Christian Marangi" <ansuelsmth@gmail.com>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v3 4/4] leds: trigger: netdev: Serialize mode/interval stores with trigger lock
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2026 14:08:54 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260929120902.2793138-5-alexander.sverdlin@siemens.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260929120902.2793138-1-alexander.sverdlin@siemens.com>

From: Alexander Sverdlin <alexander.sverdlin@siemens.com>

netdev_led_attr_store() and interval_store() update ->mode and run
set_baseline_state() without trigger_data->lock.  kernfs only serializes
writes to the same file, so two attribute writes race on the non-atomic
read-modify-write of ->mode:

  CPU0 (echo 1 > link_10)       CPU1 (echo 1 > link_100)
  -----------------------       ------------------------
  mode = trigger_data->mode;
                                mode = trigger_data->mode;
  set_bit(LINK_10, &mode);
                                set_bit(LINK_100, &mode);
  trigger_data->mode = mode;
                                trigger_data->mode = mode;  // LINK_10 lost

They also race the notifier's link-state and ->hw_control updates.

Take trigger_data->lock in both stores.  netdev_trig_work() also holds it,
so use the async cancel_delayed_work() (a sync cancel would deadlock).

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Fixes: d5e01266e7f5 ("leds: trigger: netdev: add additional specific link speed mode")
Signed-off-by: Alexander Sverdlin <alexander.sverdlin@siemens.com>
---
Changelog:
v3:
- explicit mutex_lock()/mutex_unlock() instead of guard()
v2:
- reduced verbosity both in the comments and in commit message
- dropped sync from cancel_delayed_work() (worker now takes the lock)

 drivers/leds/trigger/ledtrig-netdev.c | 24 +++++++++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/leds/trigger/ledtrig-netdev.c b/drivers/leds/trigger/ledtrig-netdev.c
index b27a453bbb859..7ad61c4be282e 100644
--- a/drivers/leds/trigger/ledtrig-netdev.c
+++ b/drivers/leds/trigger/ledtrig-netdev.c
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ static ssize_t netdev_led_attr_store(struct device *dev, const char *buf,
 {
 	struct led_netdev_data *trigger_data = led_trigger_get_drvdata(dev);
 	struct led_classdev *led_cdev = trigger_data->led_cdev;
-	unsigned long state, mode = trigger_data->mode;
+	unsigned long state, mode;
 	int ret;
 	int bit;
 
@@ -424,6 +424,10 @@ static ssize_t netdev_led_attr_store(struct device *dev, const char *buf,
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
+	/* async cancel: the worker takes this lock */
+	mutex_lock(&trigger_data->lock);
+
+	mode = trigger_data->mode;
 	assign_bit(bit, &mode, state);
 
 	if (test_bit(TRIGGER_NETDEV_LINK, &mode) &&
@@ -436,20 +440,26 @@ static ssize_t netdev_led_attr_store(struct device *dev, const char *buf,
 	     test_bit(TRIGGER_NETDEV_LINK_25000, &mode) ||
 	     test_bit(TRIGGER_NETDEV_LINK_40000, &mode) ||
 	     test_bit(TRIGGER_NETDEV_LINK_50000, &mode) ||
-	     test_bit(TRIGGER_NETDEV_LINK_100000, &mode)))
+	     test_bit(TRIGGER_NETDEV_LINK_100000, &mode))) {
+		mutex_unlock(&trigger_data->lock);
 		return -EINVAL;
+	}
 
-	cancel_delayed_work_sync(&trigger_data->work);
+	cancel_delayed_work(&trigger_data->work);
 
 	trigger_data->mode = mode;
 	trigger_data->hw_control = can_hw_control(trigger_data);
 
 	if (!led_cdev->brightness_set && !led_cdev->brightness_set_blocking &&
-	    !trigger_data->hw_control)
+	    !trigger_data->hw_control) {
+		mutex_unlock(&trigger_data->lock);
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+	}
 
 	set_baseline_state(trigger_data);
 
+	mutex_unlock(&trigger_data->lock);
+
 	return size;
 }
 
@@ -510,10 +520,14 @@ static ssize_t interval_store(struct device *dev,
 
 	/* impose some basic bounds on the timer interval */
 	if (value >= 5 && value <= 10000) {
-		cancel_delayed_work_sync(&trigger_data->work);
+		mutex_lock(&trigger_data->lock);
+
+		cancel_delayed_work(&trigger_data->work);
 
 		atomic_set(&trigger_data->interval, msecs_to_jiffies(value));
 		set_baseline_state(trigger_data);	/* resets timer */
+
+		mutex_unlock(&trigger_data->lock);
 	}
 
 	return size;
-- 
2.55.0


      parent reply	other threads:[~2026-09-29 12:09 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-09-29 12:08 [PATCH v3 0/4] leds: trigger: netdev: fix sysfs_update_group() races A. Sverdlin
2026-09-29 12:08 ` [PATCH v3 1/4] leds: trigger: netdev: Put netdev on activate error path A. Sverdlin
2026-09-29 12:08 ` [PATCH v3 2/4] leds: trigger: netdev: Access net_dev under trigger_data->lock in the worker A. Sverdlin
2026-09-29 12:08 ` [PATCH v3 3/4] leds: trigger: netdev: Fix sysfs_update_group() races A. Sverdlin
2026-09-29 12:08 ` A. Sverdlin [this message]

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