linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] thinkpad-acpi: fix potential suspend blocking issue

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Message-ID: <20130305174838.GA7276@redhat.com>
Date:	Tue, 5 Mar 2013 18:48:38 +0100
From:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
To:	Mandeep Singh Baines <msb@...omium.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org,
	ibm-acpi@....eng.br, ibm-acpi-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org, Aaron Lu <aaron.lu@...el.com>,
	Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@....eng.br>,
	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] thinkpad-acpi: fix potential suspend blocking issue

On 03/05, Mandeep Singh Baines wrote:
>
> @@ -2462,13 +2462,13 @@ static int hotkey_kthread(void *data)
>  	unsigned int poll_freq;
>  	bool was_frozen;
>  
> +	set_freezable();
> +
>  	mutex_lock(&hotkey_thread_mutex);
>  
>  	if (tpacpi_lifecycle == TPACPI_LIFE_EXITING)
>  		goto exit;
>  
> -	set_freezable();
> -

I don't understand this code... but don't we have the same problem
with kthread_freezable_should_stop() below? It can call __refrigerator()
too under the same lock.

Oleg.

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