There is a possible data race as shown below: thread-A in nci_request() | thread-B in nci_close_device() | mutex_lock(&ndev->req_lock); test_bit(NCI_UP, &ndev->flags); | ... | test_and_clear_bit(NCI_UP, &ndev->flags) mutex_lock(&ndev->req_lock); | | This race will allow __nci_request() to be awaked while the device is getting removed. Similar to commit e2cb6b891ad2 ("bluetooth: eliminate the potential race condition when removing the HCI controller"). this patch alters the function sequence in nci_request() to prevent the data races between the nci_close_device(). Signed-off-by: Lin Ma <linma@zju.edu.cn> Fixes: 6a2968aaf50c ("NFC: basic NCI protocol implementation") Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20211115145600.8320-1-linma@zju.edu.cn Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
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