commit 00a39d8652ff9088de07a6fe6e9e1893452fe0dd upstream.
cmos_interrupt() can be called in a non-interrupt context, such as in
an ACPI event handler (which runs in an interrupt thread). Therefore,
usage of spin_lock(&rtc_lock) is insecure. Use spin_lock_irqsave() /
spin_unlock_irqrestore() instead.
Before a misguided
commit 6950d046eb ("rtc: cmos: Replace spin_lock_irqsave with spin_lock in hard IRQ")
the cmos_interrupt() function used spin_lock_irqsave(). That commit
changed it to spin_lock() and broke locking, which was partially fixed in
commit 13be2efc39 ("rtc: cmos: Disable irq around direct invocation of cmos_interrupt()")
That second commit did not take account of the ACPI fixed event handler
pathway, however. It introduced local_irq_disable() workarounds in
cmos_check_wkalrm(), which can cause problems on PREEMPT_RT kernels
and are now unnecessary.
Add an explicit comment so that this change will not be reverted by
mistake.
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Fixes: 6950d046eb ("rtc: cmos: Replace spin_lock_irqsave with spin_lock in hard IRQ")
Signed-off-by: Mateusz Jończyk <mat.jonczyk@o2.pl>
Reviewed-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
Tested-by: Chris Bainbridge <chris.bainbridge@gmail.com>
Reported-by: Chris Bainbridge <chris.bainbridge@gmail.com>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/aDtJ92foPUYmGheF@debian.local/
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250607210608.14835-1-mat.jonczyk@o2.pl
Signed-off-by: Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@bootlin.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
bd6c1932ac