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ptp: prevent possible ABBA deadlock in ptp_clock_freerun()
JIRA: https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHEL-115596 commit 2efe412 Author: Jeongjun Park <aha310510@gmail.com> Date: Mon Jul 28 15:26:49 2025 +0900 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: 73f3706 ("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> Signed-off-by: CKI Backport Bot <cki-ci-bot+cki-gitlab-backport-bot@redhat.com>
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drivers/ptp/ptp_private.h

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#define PTP_DEFAULT_MAX_VCLOCKS 20
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#define PTP_MAX_CHANNELS 2048
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enum {
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PTP_LOCK_PHYSICAL = 0,
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PTP_LOCK_VIRTUAL,
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};
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struct timestamp_event_queue {
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struct ptp_extts_event buf[PTP_MAX_TIMESTAMPS];
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int head;

drivers/ptp/ptp_vclock.c

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return PTP_VCLOCK_REFRESH_INTERVAL;
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}
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static void ptp_vclock_set_subclass(struct ptp_clock *ptp)
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{
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lockdep_set_subclass(&ptp->clock.rwsem, PTP_LOCK_VIRTUAL);
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}
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static const struct ptp_clock_info ptp_vclock_info = {
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.owner = THIS_MODULE,
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.name = "ptp virtual clock",
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return NULL;
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}
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ptp_vclock_set_subclass(vclock->clock);
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timecounter_init(&vclock->tc, &vclock->cc, 0);
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ptp_schedule_worker(vclock->clock, PTP_VCLOCK_REFRESH_INTERVAL);
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