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Takashi Iwai 7ffa5d2462 ALSA: seq: Use RCU for the virmidi file list
Each virmidi device keeps a list of its opened input files (filelist)
protected by both an rwlock (filelist_lock) and a rw_semaphore
(filelist_sem).  snd_virmidi_dev_receive_event() walks the list on the
sequencer event input path -- read_lock() when the event is delivered in
atomic context, down_read() otherwise -- decoding each incoming event
into the file's rawmidi buffer.  The writers (input open/close) take both
locks to add/remove entries.

This is another typical dual-lock read-mostly pattern as the port
subscriber list: files are opened/closed rarely while the receive
callback runs per event.  Let's convert the traversal to RCU and drop
the rwlock; the existing filelist_sem keeps serializing the writers.
The atomic input path now runs lock-free under rcu_read_lock(), and
both readers share a single list_for_each_entry_rcu() (valid under the
rwsem via lockdep_is_held()).  The writers switch to
list_add_tail_rcu() / list_del_rcu().

snd_virmidi_input_close() freed the entry (parser and struct)
immediately after list_del.  A concurrent lockless reader in the atomic
path may still be dereferencing it, so the close path now waits for an
RCU grace period after list_del_rcu() before freeing; synchronize_rcu()
is used rather than kfree_rcu() because the parser must also be released
after the grace period, not just the struct.  Non-atomic readers are
already excluded by the down_write, so only the atomic RCU readers need
the grace period.

Dropping write_lock_irq() from the writers is safe: no writer runs in
atomic/IRQ context, and the sole atomic reader now uses RCU, which is
IRQ-safe.

Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260810133711.42483-5-tiwai@suse.de
2026-08-10 17:44:34 +02:00

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/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later */
#ifndef __SOUND_SEQ_VIRMIDI_H
#define __SOUND_SEQ_VIRMIDI_H
/*
* Virtual Raw MIDI client on Sequencer
* Copyright (c) 2000 by Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>,
* Jaroslav Kysela <perex@perex.cz>
*/
#include <sound/rawmidi.h>
#include <sound/seq_midi_event.h>
/*
* device file instance:
* This instance is created at each time the midi device file is
* opened. Each instance has its own input buffer and MIDI parser
* (buffer), and is associated with the device instance.
*/
struct snd_virmidi {
struct list_head list;
int seq_mode;
int client;
int port;
bool trigger;
struct snd_midi_event *parser;
struct snd_seq_event event;
struct snd_virmidi_dev *rdev;
struct snd_rawmidi_substream *substream;
struct work_struct output_work;
};
#define SNDRV_VIRMIDI_SUBSCRIBE (1<<0)
#define SNDRV_VIRMIDI_USE (1<<1)
/*
* device record:
* Each virtual midi device has one device instance. It contains
* common information and the linked-list of opened files,
*/
struct snd_virmidi_dev {
struct snd_card *card; /* associated card */
struct snd_rawmidi *rmidi; /* rawmidi device */
int seq_mode; /* SNDRV_VIRMIDI_XXX */
int device; /* sequencer device */
int client; /* created/attached client */
int port; /* created/attached port */
unsigned int flags; /* SNDRV_VIRMIDI_* */
struct rw_semaphore filelist_sem;
struct list_head filelist;
};
/* sequencer mode:
* ATTACH = input/output events from midi device are routed to the
* attached sequencer port. sequencer port is not created
* by virmidi itself.
* the input to rawmidi must be processed by passing the
* incoming events via snd_virmidi_receive()
* DISPATCH = input/output events are routed to subscribers.
* sequencer port is created in virmidi.
*/
#define SNDRV_VIRMIDI_SEQ_NONE 0
#define SNDRV_VIRMIDI_SEQ_ATTACH 1
#define SNDRV_VIRMIDI_SEQ_DISPATCH 2
int snd_virmidi_new(struct snd_card *card, int device, struct snd_rawmidi **rrmidi);
#endif /* __SOUND_SEQ_VIRMIDI */