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authorJim Lin <jilin@nvidia.com>2015-01-08 15:25:05 +0300
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>2015-01-30 04:40:42 +0300
commit515939f381952c805df52c66360dc9453bda2be7 (patch)
treeee51415db4614c2d9d440220ea9138511395fed0 /drivers/mfd
parentce441cb4f15f5d6d7fc509dae6c9e00b56aadb45 (diff)
downloadlinux-515939f381952c805df52c66360dc9453bda2be7.tar.xz
pinctrl: Fix two deadlocks
commit db93facfb0ef542aa5d8079e47580b3e669a4d82 upstream. This patch is to fix two deadlock cases. Deadlock 1: CPU #1 pinctrl_register-> pinctrl_get -> create_pinctrl (Holding lock pinctrl_maps_mutex) -> get_pinctrl_dev_from_devname (Trying to acquire lock pinctrldev_list_mutex) CPU #0 pinctrl_unregister (Holding lock pinctrldev_list_mutex) -> pinctrl_put ->> pinctrl_free -> pinctrl_dt_free_maps -> pinctrl_unregister_map (Trying to acquire lock pinctrl_maps_mutex) Simply to say CPU#1 is holding lock A and trying to acquire lock B, CPU#0 is holding lock B and trying to acquire lock A. Deadlock 2: CPU #3 pinctrl_register-> pinctrl_get -> create_pinctrl (Holding lock pinctrl_maps_mutex) -> get_pinctrl_dev_from_devname (Trying to acquire lock pinctrldev_list_mutex) CPU #2 pinctrl_unregister (Holding lock pctldev->mutex) -> pinctrl_put ->> pinctrl_free -> pinctrl_dt_free_maps -> pinctrl_unregister_map (Trying to acquire lock pinctrl_maps_mutex) CPU #0 tegra_gpio_request (Holding lock pinctrldev_list_mutex) -> pinctrl_get_device_gpio_range (Trying to acquire lock pctldev->mutex) Simply to say CPU#3 is holding lock A and trying to acquire lock D, CPU#2 is holding lock B and trying to acquire lock A, CPU#0 is holding lock D and trying to acquire lock B. Signed-off-by: Jim Lin <jilin@nvidia.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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