linux-kernel - Re: [BUG] vt6655: A possible sleep-in-atomic bug in vt6655

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Date:   Mon, 9 Oct 2017 07:43:27 +0200
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Jia-Ju Bai <baijiaju1990@....com>
Cc:     forest@...ttletooquiet.net, simon@...anor.nu, tvboxspy@...il.com,
        scott@...heina.com, dan.a.cashman@...il.com,
        golubev.mikhail@...il.com, bhelgaas@...gle.com,
        devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-pci@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [BUG] vt6655: A possible sleep-in-atomic bug in vt6655_suspend

On Mon, Oct 09, 2017 at 09:10:28AM +0800, Jia-Ju Bai wrote:
> According to device_main.c, the driver may sleep under a spinlock,
> and the function call path is:
> vt6655_suspend (acquire the spinlock)
>   pci_set_power_state
>     __pci_start_power_transition (drivers/pci/pci.c)
>       msleep --> may sleep
> 
> A possible fix is to replace msleep with mdelay in
> __pci_start_power_transition in drivers/pci/pci.c.

Patches are usually best to send in for things that you find like this.

thanks,

greg k-h