linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4] cpufreq: fix governor start/stop race condition

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Date:	Wed, 12 Jun 2013 15:01:23 +0530
From:	Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>
To:	Xiaoguang Chen <chenxg@...vell.com>
Cc:	rjw@...k.pl, cpufreq@...r.kernel.org, linux-pm@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, njiang1@...vell.com,
	zjwu@...vell.com, ylmao@...vell.com, chenxg.marvell@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] cpufreq: fix governor start/stop race condition

On 12 June 2013 14:39, Xiaoguang Chen <chenxg@...vell.com> wrote:

>         ret = policy->governor->governor(policy, event);

We again reached to the same problem. We shouldn't call
this between taking locks, otherwise recursive locks problems
would be seen again.
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