linux-kernel - Re: [RESEND PATCH] usb: gadget: at91_udc: move prepare clk into process context

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Date:	Fri, 19 Dec 2014 15:02:04 +0100
From:	Ronald Wahl <ronald.wahl@...itan.com>
To:	Luis Henriques <luis.henriques@...onical.com>,
	Felipe Balbi <balbi@...com>
CC:	Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre@...el.com>,
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Boris BREZILLON <boris.brezillon@...e-electrons.com>,
	Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...e-electrons.com>,
	<linux-usb@...r.kernel.org>, <stable@...r.kernel.org>,
	Kamal Mostafa <kamal@...onical.com>,
	Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>
Subject: Re: [RESEND PATCH] usb: gadget: at91_udc: move prepare clk into process
 context

On 19.12.2014 14:51, Luis Henriques wrote:
> Hi Felipe,
>
> On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 01:50:49PM -0600, Felipe Balbi wrote:
>> On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 04:37:27PM +0100, Nicolas Ferre wrote:
>>> From: Ronald Wahl <ronald.wahl@...itan.com>
>>>
>>> Commit 7628083227b6bc4a7e33d7c381d7a4e558424b6b (usb: gadget: at91_udc:
>>> prepare clk before calling enable) added clock preparation in interrupt
>>> context. This is not allowed as it might sleep. Also setting the clock
>>> rate is unsafe to call from there for the same reason. Move clock
>>> preparation and setting clock rate into process context (at91udc_probe).
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Ronald Wahl <ronald.wahl@...itan.com>
>>> Acked-by: Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...e-electrons.com>
>>> Acked-by: Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@...e-electrons.com>
>>> Acked-by: Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre@...el.com>
>>> Cc: Felipe Balbi <balbi@...com>
>>> Cc: <stable@...r.kernel.org> # v3.17+
>>> ---
>>> Hi Felipe,
>>>
>>> I forgot to answer you on this patch. So I resend it now with the proper
>>> "stable" tag. You can also queue it during this -rc phase if you feel it is
>>> still possible.
>>
>> I think it's late for v3.18, so it'll go on v3.19 and get backported to
>> 3.17 and 3.18. Sorry :-s
>>
>
> Although this commit (b2ba27a5c56f "usb: gadget: at91_udc: move
> prepare clk into process context") is tagged for stable v3.17+, it
> seems like it could be applied to earlier kernels.
>
> 3.16, 3.13 and 3.12 seem to be affected by the same issue (and they
> all include commit 7628083227b6 "usb: gadget: at91_udc: prepare clk
> before calling enable").  Is there any reason for not applying it in
> these trees?

Not to forget 3.14 (LTS) which was the branch where I primarily found 
the issue...

- ron

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