linux/net/qrtr
Manivannan Sadhasivam 7bdff9b9b0 net: qrtr: Drop the MHI auto_queue feature for IPCR DL channels
[ Upstream commit 51731792a2 ]

MHI stack offers the 'auto_queue' feature, which allows the MHI stack to
auto queue the buffers for the RX path (DL channel). Though this feature
simplifies the client driver design, it introduces race between the client
drivers and the MHI stack. For instance, with auto_queue, the 'dl_callback'
for the DL channel may get called before the client driver is fully probed.
This means, by the time the dl_callback gets called, the client driver's
structures might not be initialized, leading to NULL ptr dereference.

Currently, the drivers have to workaround this issue by initializing the
internal structures before calling mhi_prepare_for_transfer_autoqueue().
But even so, there is a chance that the client driver's internal code path
may call the MHI queue APIs before mhi_prepare_for_transfer_autoqueue() is
called, leading to similar NULL ptr dereference. This issue has been
reported on the Qcom X1E80100 CRD machines affecting boot.

So to properly fix all these races, drop the MHI 'auto_queue' feature
altogether and let the client driver (QRTR) manage the RX buffers manually.
In the QRTR driver, queue the RX buffers based on the ring length during
probe and recycle the buffers in 'dl_callback' once they are consumed. This
also warrants removing the setting of 'auto_queue' flag from controller
drivers.

Currently, this 'auto_queue' feature is only enabled for IPCR DL channel.
So only the QRTR client driver requires the modification.

Fixes: 227fee5fc9 ("bus: mhi: core: Add an API for auto queueing buffers for DL channel")
Fixes: 68a838b84e ("net: qrtr: start MHI channel after endpoit creation")
Reported-by: Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-arm-msm/ZyTtVdkCCES0lkl4@hovoldconsulting.com
Suggested-by: Chris Lew <quic_clew@quicinc.com>
Signed-off-by: Manivannan Sadhasivam <manivannan.sadhasivam@oss.qualcomm.com>
Reviewed-by: Jeff Hugo <jeff.hugo@oss.qualcomm.com>
Reviewed-by: Loic Poulain <loic.poulain@oss.qualcomm.com>
Acked-by: Jeff Johnson <jjohnson@kernel.org> # drivers/net/wireless/ath/...
Acked-by: Jeff Hugo <jeff.hugo@oss.qualcomm.com>
Acked-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251218-qrtr-fix-v2-1-c7499bfcfbe0@oss.qualcomm.com
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
History 2026-03-12 07:09:25 -04:00
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af_qrtr.c net: qrtr: Update packets cloning when broadcasting 2024-09-24 10:48:16 +02:00
Kconfig treewide: replace '---help---' in Kconfig files with 'help' 2020-06-14 01:57:21 +09:00
Makefile net: qrtr: combine nameservice into main module 2021-09-28 17:36:43 -07:00
mhi.c net: qrtr: Drop the MHI auto_queue feature for IPCR DL channels 2026-03-12 07:09:25 -04:00
ns.c net: qrtr: ns: Ignore ENODEV failures in ns 2024-06-14 13:17:21 +02:00
qrtr.h net: qrtr: fix null-ptr-deref in qrtr_ns_remove 2021-01-05 16:50:09 -08:00
smd.c treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 284 2019-06-05 17:36:37 +02:00
tun.c net: qrtr: Fix memory leak in qrtr_tun_open 2021-02-23 15:38:22 -08:00