linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] cpuidle: coupled: fix sleeping while atomic in cpu notifier

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Date:	Wed, 8 Aug 2012 00:15:31 +0200
From:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>
To:	Colin Cross <ccross@...roid.com>
Cc:	Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>, Len Brown <len.brown@...el.com>,
	Kevin Hilman <khilman@...com>,
	Santosh Shilimkar <santosh.shilimkar@...com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] cpuidle: coupled: fix sleeping while atomic in cpu notifier

On Wednesday, July 25, 2012, Colin Cross wrote:
> The cpu hotplug notifier gets called in both atomic and non-atomic
> contexts, it is not always safe to lock a mutex.  Filter out all events
> except the six necessary ones, which are all sleepable, before taking
> the mutex.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Colin Cross <ccross@...roid.com>

Has this been applied already?

Rafael


> ---
>  drivers/cpuidle/coupled.c |   12 ++++++++++++
>  1 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/cpuidle/coupled.c b/drivers/cpuidle/coupled.c
> index 2c9bf26..c24dda0 100644
> --- a/drivers/cpuidle/coupled.c
> +++ b/drivers/cpuidle/coupled.c
> @@ -678,6 +678,18 @@ static int cpuidle_coupled_cpu_notify(struct notifier_block *nb,
>  	int cpu = (unsigned long)hcpu;
>  	struct cpuidle_device *dev;
>  
> +	switch (action & ~CPU_TASKS_FROZEN) {
> +	case CPU_UP_PREPARE:
> +	case CPU_DOWN_PREPARE:
> +	case CPU_ONLINE:
> +	case CPU_DEAD:
> +	case CPU_UP_CANCELED:
> +	case CPU_DOWN_FAILED:
> +		break;
> +	default:
> +		return NOTIFY_OK;
> +	}
> +
>  	mutex_lock(&cpuidle_lock);
>  
>  	dev = per_cpu(cpuidle_devices, cpu);
> 

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