cpufreq: Fix the race condition while updating the transition_task of policy

[ Upstream commit 61bfbf7 ]

The field 'transition_task' of policy structure is used to track the
task which is performing the frequency transition. Using this field to
print a warning once detect a case where the same task is calling
_begin() again before completing the preivous frequency transition via
the _end().

However, there is a potential race condition in _end() and _begin() APIs
while updating the field 'transition_task' of policy, the scenario is
depicted below:

             Task A                            Task B

        /* 1st freq transition */
        Invoke _begin() {
                ...
                ...
        }
                                        /* 2nd freq transition */
                                        Invoke _begin() {
                                                ... //waiting for A to
                                                ... //clear
                                                ... //transition_ongoing
                                                ... //in _end() for
                                                ... //the 1st transition
                                                        |
        Change the frequency                            |
                                                        |
        Invoke _end() {                                 |
                ...                                     |
                ...                                     |
                transition_ongoing = false;             V
                                                transition_ongoing = true;
                                                transition_task = current;
                transition_task = NULL;
                ... //A overwrites the task
                ... //performing the transition
                ... //result in error warning.
        }

To fix this race condition, the transition_lock of policy structure is
now acquired before updating policy structure in _end() API. Which ensure
that only one task can update the 'transition_task' field at a time.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/[email protected]/
Fixes: ca654dc ("cpufreq: Catch double invocations of cpufreq_freq_transition_begin/end")
Signed-off-by: Liao Chang <[email protected]>
Acked-by: Viresh Kumar <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <[email protected]>

Author: Liao Chang

drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c

@@ -441,8 +441,10 @@ void cpufreq_freq_transition_end(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
 
 	cpufreq_notify_post_transition(policy, freqs, transition_failed);
 
+	spin_lock(&policy->transition_lock);
 	policy->transition_ongoing = false;
 	policy->transition_task = NULL;
+	spin_unlock(&policy->transition_lock);
 
 	wake_up(&policy->transition_wait);
 }