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    V4L/DVB (8257): uvcvideo: Fix possible AB-BA deadlock with videodev_lock and open_mutex · a9e28585
    Laurent Pinchart 提交于
    The uvcvideo driver's uvc_v4l2_open() method is called from videodev's
    video_open() function, which means it is called with the videodev_lock
    mutex held.  uvc_v4l2_open() then takes uvc_driver.open_mutex to check
    dev->state and avoid racing against a device disconnect, which means
    that open_mutex must nest inside videodev_lock.
    
    However uvc_disconnect() takes the open_mutex around setting
    dev->state and also around putting its device reference.  However, if
    uvc_disconnect() ends up dropping the last reference, it will call
    uvc_delete(), which calls into the videodev code to unregister its
    device, and this will end up taking videodev_lock.  This opens a
    (unlikely in practice) window for an AB-BA deadlock and also causes a
    lockdep warning because of the lock misordering.
    
    Fortunately there is no apparent reason to hold open_mutex when doing
    kref_put() in uvc_disconnect(): if uvc_v4l2_open() runs before the
    state is set to UVC_DEV_DISCONNECTED, then it will take another
    reference to the device and kref_put() won't call uvc_delete; if
    uvc_v4l2_open() runs after the state is set, it will run before
    uvc_delete(), see the state, and return immediately -- uvc_delete()
    does uvc_unregister_video() (and hence video_unregister_device(),
    which is synchronized with videodev_lock) as its first thing, so there
    is no risk of use-after-free in uvc_v4l2_open().
    
    Bug diagnosed based on a lockdep warning reported by Romano Giannetti
    <romano@dea.icai.upcomillas.es>.
    Signed-off-by: NRoland Dreier <roland@digitalvampire.org>
    Signed-off-by: NLaurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@skynet.be>
    Signed-off-by: NMauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@infradead.org>
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