linux-kernel - Re: BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context

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Date:	Tue, 10 May 2011 10:32:56 +0100
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...ux.intel.com>
To:	Amit Virdi <amit.virdi@...com>
Cc:	<linux-input@...r.kernel.org>, <samuel@...tiz.org>,
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Shiraz HASHIM <shiraz.hashim@...com>,
	Armando VISCONTI <armando.visconti@...com>,
	Viresh KUMAR <viresh.kumar@...com>
Subject: Re: BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context

> On analysis, I found that this is due to the change introduced in 
> tty_ioctl.c where the termios mutex is taken to protect against
> parallel throttle/unthrottle. Probably IrCOMM stack code wasn't
> tested before merging this patch.
> 
> Please suggest what should be done with the IrCOMM protocol stack
> code to resolve this problem?

It looks like the comments are wrong 

        /*
         * Just give it over to the line discipline. There is no need to
         * involve the flip buffers, since we are not running in an
        interrupt
         * handler
         */


appears to be completely untrue

I suspect it just needs to use the tty_flip_buffer functions properly
instead of trying to do clever shortcuts


	tty_insert_flip_string(self->tty, skb->data, skb->len);
	tty_flip_buffer_push(self->tty);

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