ASoC: max98090: fix possible race conditions
max98090_interrupt() and max98090_pll_work() run in 2 different threads. There are 2 possible races: Note: M98090_REG_DEVICE_STATUS = 0x01. Note: ULK == 0, PLL is locked; ULK == 1, PLL is unlocked. max98090_interrupt max98090_pll_work ---------------------------------------------- schedule max98090_pll_work restart max98090 codec receive ULK INT assert ULK == 0 schedule max98090_pll_work (1). In the case (1), the PLL is locked but max98090_interrupt unnecessarily schedules another max98090_pll_work. max98090_interrupt max98090_pll_work max98090 codec ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ULK = 1 receive ULK INT read 0x01 ULK = 0 (clear on read) schedule max98090_pll_work restart max98090 codec ULK = 1 receive ULK INT read 0x01 ULK = 0 (clear on read) read 0x01 assert ULK == 0 (2). In the case (2), both max98090_interrupt and max98090_pll_work read the same clear-on-read register. max98090_pll_work would falsely thought PLL is locked. Note: the case (2) race is introduced by the previous commit ("ASoC: max98090: exit workaround earlier if PLL is locked") to check the status and exit the loop earlier in max98090_pll_work. There are 2 possible solution options: A. turn off ULK interrupt before scheduling max98090_pll_work; and turn on again before exiting max98090_pll_work. B. remove the second thread of execution. Option A cannot fix the case (2) race because it still has 2 threads access the same clear-on-read register simultaneously. Although we could suppose the register is volatile and read the status via I2C could be much slower than the hardware raises the bits. Option B introduces a maximum 10~12 msec penalty delay in the interrupt handler. However, it could only punish the jack detection by extra 10~12 msec. Adopts option B which is the better solution overall. Signed-off-by: Tzung-Bi Shih <tzungbi@google.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20191122073114.219945-4-tzungbi@google.comReviewed-by: Pierre-Louis Bossart <pierre-louis.bossart@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>
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