linux-kernel - [PATCH] Fix pca953x set_type 'scheduling while atomic' bug

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Date:	Sat, 24 Apr 2010 10:31:32 +0100
From:	Marc Zyngier <maz@...terjones.org>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Eric Miao <eric.y.miao@...il.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: [PATCH] Fix pca953x set_type 'scheduling while atomic' bug

Bill Gatliff reported the following bug when using the irq_chip
facility of the pca953x driver on a PPC platform:

BUG: scheduling while atomic: insmod/1530/0x00000002

He traced it back to an i2c transaction in pca953x_irq_set_type(),
which can be called with interrupt disabled (from __setup_irq()). As
the i2c controller can sleep while sending a message, this qualifies
as a bad idea.

This patch moves the i2c transaction to pca953x_irq_bus_sync_unlock(),
where it is actually safe to send an i2c message.

Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <maz@...terjones.org>
Reported-by: Bill Gatliff <bgat@...lgatliff.com>
Cc: Eric Miao <eric.y.miao@...il.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
---
 drivers/gpio/pca953x.c |   14 +++++++++++++-
 1 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpio/pca953x.c b/drivers/gpio/pca953x.c
index 7d521e1..d407d84 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/pca953x.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/pca953x.c
@@ -252,6 +252,18 @@ static void pca953x_irq_bus_lock(unsigned int irq)
 static void pca953x_irq_bus_sync_unlock(unsigned int irq)
 {
 	struct pca953x_chip *chip = get_irq_chip_data(irq);
+	uint16_t new_irqs;
+	uint16_t level;
+
+	/* Look for any newly setup interrupt */
+	new_irqs = chip->irq_trig_fall | chip->irq_trig_raise;
+	new_irqs &= ~chip->reg_direction;
+
+	while(new_irqs) {
+		level = __ffs(new_irqs);
+		pca953x_gpio_direction_input(&chip->gpio_chip, level);
+		new_irqs &= ~(1 << level);
+	}
 
 	mutex_unlock(&chip->irq_lock);
 }
@@ -278,7 +290,7 @@ static int pca953x_irq_set_type(unsigned int irq, unsigned int type)
 	else
 		chip->irq_trig_raise &= ~mask;
 
-	return pca953x_gpio_direction_input(&chip->gpio_chip, level);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static struct irq_chip pca953x_irq_chip = {
-- 
1.7.0.6

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