linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ARM: shmobile: rcar-gen2: Fix deadlock in regulator quirk

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Date:   Thu, 27 Jul 2017 21:53:12 +0200
From:   Simon Horman <horms@...ge.net.au>
To:     Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>
Cc:     Magnus Damm <magnus.damm@...il.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-renesas-soc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ARM: shmobile: rcar-gen2: Fix deadlock in regulator quirk

On Wed, Jul 12, 2017 at 04:45:20PM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> Simon Horman reported that Koelsch and Lager hang during boot, and
> bisected this to commit 1c3c5eab171590f8 ("sched/core: Enable
> might_sleep() and smp_processor_id() checks early").
> 
> The da9063/da9210 regulator quirk for R-Car Gen2 boards uses a bus
> notifier, and unregisters the notifier when it is no longer needed.
> However, a notifier must not be unregistered from within the call chain.
> 
> This bug went unnoticed, as blocking_notifier_chain_unregister() didn't
> take the semaphore during early boot.  The aforementioned commit changed
> that behavior, leading to a deadlock.
> 
> Fix this by removing the call to bus_unregister_notifier(), and keeping
> local completion state instead.
> 
> Reported-by: Simon Horman <horms+renesas@...ge.net.au>
> Fixes: 663fbb52159cca6f ("ARM: shmobile: R-Car Gen2: Add da9063/da9210 regulator quirk")
> Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>

Sorry for the delay, I have applied this as a fix for v4.13.