pinctrl: Fix two deadlocks
authorJim Lin <jilin@nvidia.com>
Thu, 8 Jan 2015 12:25:05 +0000 (20:25 +0800)
committerLinus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>
Wed, 14 Jan 2015 13:20:33 +0000 (14:20 +0100)
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.

Cc: Stable <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Jim Lin <jilin@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>
drivers/pinctrl/core.c

index e4f65510c87e8928666e195b6b76e52cae9252b5..89dca77ca0382e93909188cad63ccd9ef6bff41b 100644 (file)
@@ -1801,14 +1801,15 @@ void pinctrl_unregister(struct pinctrl_dev *pctldev)
        if (pctldev == NULL)
                return;
 
-       mutex_lock(&pinctrldev_list_mutex);
        mutex_lock(&pctldev->mutex);
-
        pinctrl_remove_device_debugfs(pctldev);
+       mutex_unlock(&pctldev->mutex);
 
        if (!IS_ERR(pctldev->p))
                pinctrl_put(pctldev->p);
 
+       mutex_lock(&pinctrldev_list_mutex);
+       mutex_lock(&pctldev->mutex);
        /* TODO: check that no pinmuxes are still active? */
        list_del(&pctldev->node);
        /* Destroy descriptor tree */