linux-kernel - Re: HID: hid-sensor-hub: fix sleeping function called from invalid context

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Date:	Tue, 10 Jun 2014 10:18:38 +0200
From:	Alexander Holler <holler@...oftware.de>
To:	Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>
CC:	Srinivas Pandruvada <srinivas.pandruvada@...ux.intel.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: HID: hid-sensor-hub: fix sleeping function called from invalid
 context

Am 10.06.2014 00:40, schrieb Jiri Kosina:
> On Tue, 10 Jun 2014, Alexander Holler wrote:
> 
>> Hello,
>>
>> while rebasing the dozens (currently around 60) of refused, ignored or
>> similiar bugfixes and patches I need to use a Linux kernel, I've noticed that
>> Jiri Kosinas patch here
>>
>> https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/8/9/214
>>
>> doesn't apply anymore.
>>
>> Looking why, I've seen that a similiar patch from Srinivas Pandruvada named
>> like the topic ended up in the kernel.
> 
> Hi Alexander,
> 
> thanks for drawing this one from the boulevard of forgotten patches.
> 
> I am actually not aware of any patch by Srinivas that would conflict with 
> the one I've written -- could you please elaborate where you believe the 
> conflict is?

I actually don't rebase from main-version to main-version (that doesn't
really work), but I'm using format-patch and git am. It's a bit more
strict when that's ok. I haven't looked in deep which changes in 3.15 do
conflict with the patch based on 3.14, but it't can't be that much.

>> Looking at the differences, I wonder if not all spin_lock() calls in 
>> hid-sensor-hub.c should be changed into spin_lock_irqsave() like the 
>> patch from Jiri Kosina did.
> 
> Could you please give me your Tested-by:? I'll then be happily queuing the 
> fix. Thanks.

Sure, but I already did that in the reply to your patch.

>> (sorry for the duplicate message, I've forgotten to add the
>> wanna-be-reviewer-school named lkml to the recipients)
> 
> You want to make it to LWN quotes of the week, don't you? :)

No, I'm just too often the object of their first steps and that's why I
won't post any patches on lkml anymore. It might be fun for them to do
reviews on patches from innocent people, but those victims usually don't
share their view. Maybe I will choose full disclosure or similiar I ever
will have an important patch poor Linux users should really have a need for.

Regards,

Alexander Holler
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