pmf_register_irq_client gives sleep with locks held warning

Benjamin Herrenschmidt benh at kernel.crashing.org
Sat Jun 10 10:03:04 EST 2006


On Thu, 2006-06-08 at 20:58 +0200, Johannes Berg wrote:
> On Thu, 2006-06-01 at 10:59 +1000, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
> 
> > This fixes request_irq() potentially called from atomic context.
> > [...]
> 
> Sorry, almost forgot about this.
> 
> I don't think your patch is right, it seems to me that now
> pmf_unregister_irq_client races against pmf_do_irq: what happens when an
> interrupt comes in right in the middle of the list_del()?

Yeah, possibly... too late for 2.6.17 tho.

> By the way, what do I do when like this I change a patch? Do I rely on
> your Signed-off-by and simply put mine instead (like I did now)?

You add yours.

> Anyway, here's a changed patch that illustrates my point. I've tested it
> and it works and as expected fixes the problem :)

Too late :)

Cheers,
Ben.

> ---
> This fixes request_irq() being called with interrupts disabled in the
> powermac platform function code when registering the first irq client
> for a given platform function.
> 
> Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh at kernel.crashing.org>
> Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes at sipsolutions.net>
> 
> --- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/pfunc_core.c
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/pfunc_core.c
> @@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ #include <linux/delay.h>
>  #include <linux/kernel.h>
>  #include <linux/spinlock.h>
>  #include <linux/module.h>
> +#include <linux/mutex.h>
>  
>  #include <asm/semaphore.h>
>  #include <asm/prom.h>
> @@ -546,6 +547,7 @@ struct pmf_device {
>  
>  static LIST_HEAD(pmf_devices);
>  static spinlock_t pmf_lock = SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED;
> +static DEFINE_MUTEX(pmf_irq_mutex);
>  
>  static void pmf_release_device(struct kref *kref)
>  {
> @@ -864,16 +866,25 @@ int pmf_register_irq_client(struct devic
>  
>  	spin_lock_irqsave(&pmf_lock, flags);
>  	func = __pmf_find_function(target, name, PMF_FLAGS_INT_GEN);
> -	if (func == NULL) {
> -		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&pmf_lock, flags);
> +	if (func)
> +		func = pmf_get_function(func);
> +	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&pmf_lock, flags);
> +	if (func == NULL)
>  		return -ENODEV;
> -	}
> +
> +	/* guard against manipulations of list */
> +	mutex_lock(&pmf_irq_mutex);
>  	if (list_empty(&func->irq_clients))
>  		func->dev->handlers->irq_enable(func);
> +
> +	/* guard against pmf_do_irq while changing list */
> +	spin_lock_irqsave(&pmf_lock, flags);
>  	list_add(&client->link, &func->irq_clients);
> -	client->func = func;
>  	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&pmf_lock, flags);
>  
> +	client->func = func;
> +	mutex_unlock(&pmf_irq_mutex);
> +
>  	return 0;
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(pmf_register_irq_client);
> @@ -885,12 +896,19 @@ void pmf_unregister_irq_client(struct pm
>  
>  	BUG_ON(func == NULL);
>  
> -	spin_lock_irqsave(&pmf_lock, flags);
> +	/* guard against manipulations of list */
> +	mutex_lock(&pmf_irq_mutex);
>  	client->func = NULL;
> +
> +	/* guard against pmf_do_irq while changing list */
> +	spin_lock_irqsave(&pmf_lock, flags);
>  	list_del(&client->link);
> +	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&pmf_lock, flags);
> +
>  	if (list_empty(&func->irq_clients))
>  		func->dev->handlers->irq_disable(func);
> -	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&pmf_lock, flags);
> +	mutex_unlock(&pmf_irq_mutex);
> +	pmf_put_function(func);
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(pmf_unregister_irq_client);
>  
> 




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