linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] watchdog: dw_wdt: Use a mutex, not a spinlock

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Date:	Thu, 7 May 2015 21:01:09 -0700
From:	Doug Anderson <dianders@...omium.org>
To:	Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
Cc:	Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@...ana.be>,
	Jisheng Zhang <jszhang@...vell.com>,
	"linux-watchdog@...r.kernel.org" <linux-watchdog@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] watchdog: dw_wdt: Use a mutex, not a spinlock

Hi,

On Thu, May 7, 2015 at 6:47 PM, Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net> wrote:
> On 05/07/2015 03:09 PM, Doug Anderson wrote:
>>
>> Right now the dw_wdt uses a spinlock to protect dw_wdt_open().  The
>> problem is that while holding the spinlock we call:
>> -> dw_wdt_set_top()
>>     -> dw_wdt_top_in_seconds()
>>        -> clk_get_rate()
>>           -> clk_prepare_lock()
>>              -> mutex_lock()
>>
>> Locking a mutex while holding a spinlock is not allowed and leads to
>> warnings like "BUG: spinlock wrong CPU on CPU#1", among other
>> problems.
>>
>> There's no reason to use a spinlock, so switch to a mutex.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Doug Anderson <dianders@...omium.org>
>
>
> Reviewed-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>

As Dmitry pointed out in another context, and even better fix is to
just remove the spinlock altogether.  I'll send up v2...

-Doug
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