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authorDanilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>2026-04-18 18:22:18 +0200
committerDanilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>2026-04-29 00:35:38 +0200
commite9506871a8ea304cde48ff4a57226df2aadddae3 (patch)
tree8e7a76755611a5acadc413647d8dbd1e0a3a75d8 /include/linux/device.h
parentc9447f101315bcec9b6603de0be59ca0e6b8b505 (diff)
driver core: use READ_ONCE() for dev->driver in dev_has_sync_state()
dev_has_sync_state() reads dev->driver twice without holding device_lock() -- once for the NULL check and once to dereference ->sync_state. Some callers only hold device_links_write_lock, which doesn't prevent a concurrent unbind from clearing dev->driver via device_unbind_cleanup(). Fix it by reading dev->driver exactly once with READ_ONCE(), pairing with the WRITE_ONCE() in device_set_driver(). Link: https://lore.kernel.org/driver-core/DHW8QPU1VU1F.3P6PH69HLFBYC@kernel.org/ Fixes: ac338acf514e ("driver core: Add dev_has_sync_state()") Reviewed-by: Rafael J. Wysocki (Intel) <rafael@kernel.org> Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> Reviewed-by: Saravana Kannan <saravanak@kernel.org> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260418162221.1121873-1-dakr@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/device.h')
-rw-r--r--include/linux/device.h5
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/device.h b/include/linux/device.h
index 3bf86d2f9544..56a96e41d2c9 100644
--- a/include/linux/device.h
+++ b/include/linux/device.h
@@ -1063,9 +1063,12 @@ static inline void device_lock_assert(struct device *dev)
static inline bool dev_has_sync_state(struct device *dev)
{
+ struct device_driver *drv;
+
if (!dev)
return false;
- if (dev->driver && dev->driver->sync_state)
+ drv = READ_ONCE(dev->driver);
+ if (drv && drv->sync_state)
return true;
if (dev->bus && dev->bus->sync_state)
return true;