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SubjectRe: [PATCH] soc: ti: wkup_m3_ipc: Fix race condition with rproc_boot
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On 12/17/19 10:25 AM, Tony Lindgren wrote:
> Hi,
>
> * Dave Gerlach <d-gerlach@ti.com> [191211 20:02]:
>> Any user of wkup_m3_ipc calls wkup_m3_ipc_get to get a handle and this
>> checks the value of the static variable m3_ipc_state to see if the
>> wkup_m3 is ready. Currently this is populated during probe before
>> rproc_boot has been called, meaning there is a window of time that
>> wkup_m3_ipc_get can return a valid handle but the wkup_m3 itself is not
>> ready, leading to invalid IPC calls to the wkup_m3 and system
>> instability.
>>
>> To avoid this, move the population of the m3_ipc_state variable until
>> after rproc_boot has succeeded to guarantee a valid and usable handle
>> is always returned.
>
> Santosh, do you want me to pick this one into my fixes branch?
>
Sure, go ahead.

Acked-by: Santosh Shilimkar <ssantosh@kernel.org>

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