linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] dma: shdma: don't register the global die notifier multiple times

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Date:	Fri, 7 Jan 2011 10:59:18 +0900
From:	Paul Mundt <lethal@...ux-sh.org>
To:	Guennadi Liakhovetski <g.liakhovetski@....de>
Cc:	linux-sh@...r.kernel.org, Magnus Damm <damm@...nsource.se>,
	Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] dma: shdma: don't register the global die notifier multiple times

On Thu, Jan 06, 2011 at 06:04:50PM +0100, Guennadi Liakhovetski wrote:
> A recent patch has added a die notifier to the shdma driver, however, 
> it registers a static die-notifier object in the probe routine, i.e., 
> for each device instance. This is wrong and leads to a system lockup. 
> This patch moves the die notifier registration to module init and 
> exit routines respectively.
> 
> Reported-by: Magnus Damm <damm@...nsource.se>
> Signed-off-by: Guennadi Liakhovetski <g.liakhovetski@....de>
> ---
> 
> This fixes the lock up on sh7372. Patch against current sh-2.6/master.
> 
Whoops, I suppose I should have tested on a platform with more than one
DMAC :-)

I'll piggyback this on top of the rmobile-latest branch, thanks.
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