linux-kernel - [PATCH, RESEND] regulator: core: fix regulator_lock

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Date:	Fri, 27 Nov 2015 14:46:41 +0100
From:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:	Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
Cc:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@...gutronix.de>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Liam Girdwood <lgirdwood@...il.com>,
	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	"linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>
Subject: [PATCH, RESEND] regulator: core: fix regulator_lock_supply regression

As noticed by Geert Uytterhoeven, my patch to avoid a harmless build warning
in regulator_lock_supply() was total crap and introduced a real bug:

> [ BUG: bad unlock balance detected! ]
> kworker/u4:0/6 is trying to release lock (&rdev->mutex) at:
> [<c0247b84>] regulator_set_voltage+0x38/0x50

we still lock the regulator supplies, but not the actual regulators,
so we are missing a lock, and the unlock is unbalanced.

This rectifies it by first locking the regulator device itself before
using the same loop as before to lock its supplies.

Reported-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Fixes: 716fec9d1965 ("[SUBMITTED] regulator: core: avoid unused variable warning")
---
rebased on top of regulators.git #for-next

diff --git a/drivers/regulator/core.c b/drivers/regulator/core.c
index c9bdca5f3b9b..89e4dcb84758 100644
--- a/drivers/regulator/core.c
+++ b/drivers/regulator/core.c
@@ -140,7 +140,8 @@ static void regulator_lock_supply(struct regulator_dev *rdev)
 {
 	int i;
 
-	for (i = 0; rdev->supply; rdev = rdev->supply->rdev, i++)
+	mutex_lock(&rdev->mutex);
+	for (i = 1; rdev->supply; rdev = rdev->supply->rdev, i++)
 		mutex_lock_nested(&rdev->mutex, i);
 }
 

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