linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH, RFC 08/30] [media] arv: fix sleep

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Date:	Fri, 17 Jan 2014 11:51:46 +0100
From:	Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@...all.nl>
To:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Mauro Carvalho Chehab <m.chehab@...sung.com>,
	linux-media@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH, RFC 08/30] [media] arv: fix sleep_on race

On 01/02/2014 01:07 PM, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> interruptible_sleep_on is racy and going away. In the arv driver that
> race has probably never caused problems since it would require a whole
> video frame to be captured before the read function has a chance to
> go to sleep, but using wait_event_interruptible lets us kill off the
> old interface. In order to do this, we have to slightly adapt the
> meaning of the ar->start_capture field to distinguish between not having
> started a frame and having completed it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
> Cc: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <m.chehab@...sung.com>
> Cc: linux-media@...r.kernel.org
> ---
>  drivers/media/platform/arv.c | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/arv.c b/drivers/media/platform/arv.c
> index e346d32d..32f6d70 100644
> --- a/drivers/media/platform/arv.c
> +++ b/drivers/media/platform/arv.c
> @@ -307,11 +307,11 @@ static ssize_t ar_read(struct file *file, char *buf, size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
>  	/*
>  	 * Okay, kick AR LSI to invoke an interrupt
>  	 */
> -	ar->start_capture = 0;
> +	ar->start_capture = -1;

start_capture is defined as an unsigned. Can you make a new patch that changes
the type of start_capture to int?

Otherwise it looks fine.

Regards,

	Hans

>  	ar_outl(arvcr1 | ARVCR1_HIEN, ARVCR1);
>  	local_irq_restore(flags);
>  	/* .... AR interrupts .... */
> -	interruptible_sleep_on(&ar->wait);
> +	wait_event_interruptible(ar->wait, ar->start_capture == 0);
>  	if (signal_pending(current)) {
>  		printk(KERN_ERR "arv: interrupted while get frame data.\n");
>  		ret = -EINTR;
> 


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