virtio_console: fix race between hvc put_chars and virtqueue teardown on freeze

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With no_console_suspend enabled, hvc console output can continue while
virtio_console is freezing. In that window, put_chars can still enqueue
buffers to the output virtqueue while virtcons_freeze is tearing queues
down, triggering a BUG_ON in virtqueue_detach_unused_buf_split:

  BUG_ON(vq->vq.num_free != vq->split.vring.num)

Add a pm_freezing flag to ports_device. Set it via smp_store_release()
at the start of virtcons_freeze(); put_chars() and __send_to_port() drop
output while the flag is set, checked via smp_load_acquire().

The check in __send_to_port() is placed under outvq_lock, making it
atomic with remove_port_data() which also acquires outvq_lock. Once
remove_port_data() returns for a given port, no concurrent
__send_to_port() can add buffers before remove_vqs() tears down the vq.

After setting pm_freezing, acquire and release outvq_lock for each port
(protected by ports_lock to prevent list manipulation races) before
calling virtio_reset_device(). A TX thread that already passed the
pm_freezing check may still hold outvq_lock while spinning for host
acknowledgment; the drain loop ensures all such threads have completed
before the device is reset.

Clear pm_freezing in virtcons_restore() only after all port->out_vq
pointers have been reassigned to the newly allocated virtqueues,
preventing TX paths from dereferencing freed vqs during restore.

Link: https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260519162242.7324-1-baver.bae%40gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Sungho Bae <baver.bae@lge.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260603183757.21587-5-baver.bae@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>

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Sungho Bae 2026-06-04 03:37:57 +09:00 • committed by Greg Kroah-Hartman

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