[PATCH v2 0/2] Bluetooth: SMP: Serialize root channel updates

From: Cen Zhang

Date: Fri Oct 30 2026 - 23:27:37 EST


The SMP root channels in hdev->smp_data and hdev->smp_bredr_data are
used by HCI event processing under hdev->lock and by SMP receive
callbacks on hdev->workqueue. Power-off already removes them under
hdev->lock in hci_dev_close_sync(). Two other writers do not serialize
with these users:

1/2 The force_bredr_smp debugfs switch creates and removes the BR/EDR
root without hdev->lock. A connection confirmation can see a root
whose operations are not set yet, and a disable can race with
power-off and release the channel twice. Take hdev->lock in the
writer, and skip the deletion when power-off already emptied the
slot.

2/2 smp_register() replaces both roots when management powers on a
controller that is already up with HCI_AUTO_OFF set, while HCI
event processing and SMP receive callbacks can still be using the
old roots. Run the registration on hdev->workqueue, where it ran
before commit 2ff13894cfb8 ("Bluetooth: Perform HCI update for
power on synchronously"), and hold hdev->lock while it replaces
the roots. The caller waits for the work without holding
hdev->lock, which HCI event processing on that workqueue takes.

smp_register() still warns when it replaces the channels on that path.
This series only makes the replacement safe.

Cen Zhang (2):
Bluetooth: SMP: Serialize forced BR/EDR channel changes
Bluetooth: SMP: Serialize root channel replacement

net/bluetooth/hci_debugfs.c | 2 ++
net/bluetooth/smp.c | 38 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
net/bluetooth/smp.h | 3 ++-
3 files changed, 40 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

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Changes in v2:
- Address the CheckPatch and GitLint long-line failures reported by the
Bluetooth CI: https://patchwork.kernel.org/series/1197223/
- Trim the crash reports in both commit messages to the headline, call trace
and allocation/free stacks; no code changes.

Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/pm-bluetooth-objects-candidate-0184-v7-c26e53b52c260063ab6a-0@xxxxxxxxx