mtd: sm_ftl: Fix deadlock caused by cancel_work_sync in sm_release
There is a deadlock between sm_release and sm_cache_flush_work
which is a work item. The cancel_work_sync in sm_release will
not return until sm_cache_flush_work is finished. If we hold
mutex_lock and use cancel_work_sync to wait the work item to
finish, the work item also requires mutex_lock. As a result,
the sm_release will be blocked forever. The race condition is
shown below:
(Thread 1) | (Thread 2)
sm_release |
mutex_lock(&ftl->mutex) | sm_cache_flush_work
| mutex_lock(&ftl->mutex)
cancel_work_sync | ...
This patch moves del_timer_sync and cancel_work_sync out of
mutex_lock in order to mitigate deadlock.
Fixes:
7d17c02a01a1 ("mtd: Add new SmartMedia/xD FTL")
Signed-off-by: Duoming Zhou <duoming@zju.edu.cn>
Signed-off-by: Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@bootlin.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mtd/20220524044841.10517-1-duoming@zju.edu.cn