linux/drivers/ptp
Jeongjun Park 2efe41234d ptp: prevent possible ABBA deadlock in ptp_clock_freerun()
syzbot reported the following ABBA deadlock:

       CPU0                           CPU1
       ----                           ----
  n_vclocks_store()
    lock(&ptp->n_vclocks_mux) [1]
        (physical clock)
                                     pc_clock_adjtime()
                                       lock(&clk->rwsem) [2]
                                        (physical clock)
                                       ...
                                       ptp_clock_freerun()
                                         ptp_vclock_in_use()
                                           lock(&ptp->n_vclocks_mux) [3]
                                              (physical clock)
    ptp_clock_unregister()
      posix_clock_unregister()
        lock(&clk->rwsem) [4]
          (virtual clock)

Since ptp virtual clock is registered only under ptp physical clock, both
ptp_clock and posix_clock must be physical clocks for ptp_vclock_in_use()
to lock &ptp->n_vclocks_mux and check ptp->n_vclocks.

However, when unregistering vclocks in n_vclocks_store(), the locking
ptp->n_vclocks_mux is a physical clock lock, but clk->rwsem of
ptp_clock_unregister() called through device_for_each_child_reverse()
is a virtual clock lock.

Therefore, clk->rwsem used in CPU0 and clk->rwsem used in CPU1 are
different locks, but in lockdep, a false positive occurs because the
possibility of deadlock is determined through lock-class.

To solve this, lock subclass annotation must be added to the posix_clock
rwsem of the vclock.

Reported-by: syzbot+7cfb66a237c4a5fb22ad@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=7cfb66a237c4a5fb22ad
Fixes: 73f37068d5 ("ptp: support ptp physical/virtual clocks conversion")
Signed-off-by: Jeongjun Park <aha310510@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Richard Cochran <richardcochran@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@nxp.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250728062649.469882-1-aha310510@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
2025-08-12 14:17:35 -07:00
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Kconfig
Makefile
ptp_chardev.c
ptp_clock.c
ptp_clockmatrix.c
ptp_clockmatrix.h
ptp_dfl_tod.c
ptp_dte.c
ptp_fc3.c
ptp_fc3.h
ptp_idt82p33.c
ptp_idt82p33.h
ptp_ines.c
ptp_kvm_arm.c
ptp_kvm_common.c
ptp_kvm_x86.c
ptp_mock.c
ptp_ocp.c
ptp_pch.c
ptp_private.h
ptp_qoriq.c
ptp_qoriq_debugfs.c
ptp_s390.c
ptp_sysfs.c
ptp_vclock.c
ptp_vmclock.c
ptp_vmw.c