linux-kernel - [PATCH 3.16 124/305] dma-debug: avoid spinlock recursion when disabling dma-debug

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Message-ID: <lsq.1471110171.835754017@decadent.org.uk>
Date:	Sat, 13 Aug 2016 18:42:51 +0100
From:	Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
CC:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	"Linus Torvalds" <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"Ville Syrjälä" 
	<ville.syrjala@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: [PATCH 3.16 124/305] dma-debug: avoid spinlock recursion when
 disabling dma-debug

3.16.37-rc1 review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

------------------

From: Ville Syrjälä <ville.syrjala@...ux.intel.com>

commit 3017cd63f26fc655d56875aaf497153ba60e9edf upstream.

With netconsole (at least) the pr_err("...  disablingn") call can
recurse back into the dma-debug code, where it'll try to grab
free_entries_lock again.  Avoid the problem by doing the printk after
dropping the lock.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1463678421-18683-1-git-send-email-ville.syrjala@linux.intel.com
Signed-off-by: Ville Syrjälä <ville.syrjala@...ux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
---
 lib/dma-debug.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/lib/dma-debug.c
+++ b/lib/dma-debug.c
@@ -646,9 +646,9 @@ static struct dma_debug_entry *dma_entry
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&free_entries_lock, flags);
 
 	if (list_empty(&free_entries)) {
-		pr_err("DMA-API: debugging out of memory - disabling\n");
 		global_disable = true;
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&free_entries_lock, flags);
+		pr_err("DMA-API: debugging out of memory - disabling\n");
 		return NULL;
 	}