Subject: Re: [PATCH iwl-net 2/3] ice: Don't process extts if PTP is disabled

From: Simon Horman <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2024 17:40:30 +0100

On Tue, Jun 18, 2024 at 12:41:37PM +0200, Karol Kolacinski wrote:
> From: Jacob Keller <[email-masked]>
> 
> The ice_ptp_extts_event() function can race with ice_ptp_release() and
> result in a NULL pointer dereference which leads to a kernel panic.
> 
> Panic occurs because the ice_ptp_extts_event() function calls
> ptp_clock_event() with a NULL pointer. The ice driver has already
> released the PTP clock by the time the interrupt for the next external
> timestamp event occurs.
> 
> To fix this, modify the ice_ptp_extts_event() function to check the
> PTP state and bail early if PTP is not ready. To ensure that the IRQ
> sees the state change, call synchronize_irq() before removing the PTP
> clock.

Hi Karol and Jacob,

After pf->ptp.state is set in ptp_clock_event(),
ice_ptp_disable_all_extts() is called which in turn calls
synchronize_irq(). Which I assume is what the last sentence above refers
to. But the way it is worded it sounds like a call to synchronize_irq() is
being added by this patch, which is not the case.

I suppose it is not a big deal, but this did confuse me.
So perhaps the wording could be enhanced?

> Another potential fix would be to ensure that all the GPIO configuration
> gets disabled during release of the driver. This is currently not
> trivial as each device family has its own set of configuration which is
> not shared across all devices. In addition, only some of the device
> families use the pin configuration interface. For now, relying on the
> state flag is the simpler solution.
> 
> Fixes: 172db5f91d5f ("ice: add support for auxiliary input/output pins")
> Reviewed-by: Przemek Kitszel <[email-masked]>
> Signed-off-by: Jacob Keller <[email-masked]>
> Signed-off-by: Karol Kolacinski <[email-masked]>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_ptp.c | 8 +++++---
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_ptp.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_ptp.c
> index 30f1f910e6d9..b952cad42f92 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_ptp.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_ptp.c
> @@ -1559,6 +1559,10 @@ void ice_ptp_extts_event(struct ice_pf *pf)
>  	u8 chan, tmr_idx;
>  	u32 hi, lo;
>  
> +	/* Don't process timestamp events if PTP is not ready */
> +	if (pf->ptp.state != ICE_PTP_READY)
> +		return;
> +
>  	tmr_idx = hw->func_caps.ts_func_info.tmr_index_owned;
>  	/* Event time is captured by one of the two matched registers
>  	 *      GLTSYN_EVNT_L: 32 LSB of sampled time event
> @@ -1573,10 +1577,8 @@ void ice_ptp_extts_event(struct ice_pf *pf)
>  			event.timestamp = (((u64)hi) << 32) | lo;
>  			event.type = PTP_CLOCK_EXTTS;
>  			event.index = chan;
> -
> -			/* Fire event */
> -			ptp_clock_event(pf->ptp.clock, &event);
>  			pf->ptp.ext_ts_irq &= ~(1 << chan);
> +			ptp_clock_event(pf->ptp.clock, &event);
>  		}
>  	}
>  }

I'm also confused (often, TBH!) as to how the last hunk of this
patch relates to the problem at hand.