linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] tpm_tis: fix tis

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Message-ID: <20120305125309.GA2923@hardened-box.ibm.com>
Date:	Mon, 5 Mar 2012 09:53:09 -0300
From:	Rajiv Andrade <srajiv@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>
Cc:	Stefan Berger <stefanb@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	tpmdd-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH] tpm_tis: fix tis_lock with respect to RCU

On Wed, 29 Feb 2012, Jiri Kosina wrote:

> cleanup_tis() -> tpm_remove_hardware() -> syncrhonize_rcu() is being 
> called in an atomic context (tis_lock spinlock held), which is not 
> allowed. Convert tis_lock to mutex.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>

Acked-by: Rajiv Andrade <srajiv@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>

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