linux-kernel - Re: Linux 4.2-rc1

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Date:	Thu, 09 Jul 2015 07:47:36 -0600
From:	Shuah Khan <shuahkh@....samsung.com>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Ming Lei <ming.lei@...onical.com>
CC:	Shuah Khan <shuahkhan@...il.com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Shuah Khan <shuahkh@....samsung.com>
Subject: Re: Linux 4.2-rc1

On 07/09/2015 07:44 AM, Shuah Khan wrote:
> On 07/09/2015 07:10 AM, Shuah Khan wrote:
>> On 07/08/2015 09:17 PM, Linus Torvalds wrote:
>>> On Wed, Jul 8, 2015 at 5:58 PM, Ming Lei <ming.lei@...onical.com> wrote:
>>>> On Thu, Jul 9, 2015 at 1:29 AM, Linus Torvalds
>>>> <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:
>>>>> Also, it looks like you need to hold the "fw_lock" to even look at
>>>>> that pointer, since the buffer can get reallocated etc.
>>>>
>>>> Yes, the above code with holding 'fw_lock' is right fix for the issue since
>>>> sysfs read can happen anytime, and there is one race between firmware
>>>> request abort and reading uevent of sysfs.
>>>
>>> So if fw_priv->buf is NULL, what should we do?
>>>
>>> Should we skip the TIMEOUT= and ASYNC= fields too?
>>>
>>> Something like the attached, perhaps?
>>>
>>> Shuah, how reproducible is this? Does this (completely untested) patch
>>> make any difference?
>>>
>>
>> Happened both times I booted 4.2-rc1 up, so I would say 100% so far.
>> I will test with your patch and report results.
>>
> 
> Yes. This patch fixed the problem. I have been seeing another problem
> that both poweroff and reboot hang. I will get more data on this later
> on today.
> 

This patch also fixed reboot and poweroff hang problem.

thanks,
-- Shuah


-- 
Shuah Khan
Sr. Linux Kernel Developer
Open Source Innovation Group
Samsung Research America (Silicon Valley)
shuahkh@....samsung.com | (970) 217-8978
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