linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 10/11] Revert "serial: omap: unlock the port lock"

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Date:	Tue, 25 Mar 2014 11:28:56 -0700
From:	Tony Lindgren <tony@...mide.com>
To:	Felipe Balbi <balbi@...com>
Cc:	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>, linux-serial@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-bluetooth@...r.kernel.org, peter@...leysoftware.com,
	m-karicheri2@...com, b32955@...escale.com,
	Linux OMAP Mailing List <linux-omap@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 10/11] Revert "serial: omap: unlock the port lock"

* Felipe Balbi <balbi@...com> [140320 12:39]:
> This reverts commit 0324a821029e1f54e7a7f8fed48693cfce42dc0e.
> 
> That commit tried to fix a deadlock problem when using
> hci_ldisc, but it turns out the bug was in hci_ldsic
> all along where it was calling ->write() from within
> ->write_wakeup() callback.
> 
> The problem is that ->write_wakeup() was called with
> port lock held and ->write() tried to grab the same
> port lock.

Should this and the next patch be earlier in the series
as a fix for the v3.15-rc cycle? Should they be cc: stable
as well?

Regards,

Tony
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