linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] rtc-r7301: Fix a possible sleep-in-atomic bug in rtc7301_read

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Date:   Mon, 18 Dec 2017 23:24:36 +0100
From:   Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...e-electrons.com>
To:     Jia-Ju Bai <baijiaju1990@...il.com>
Cc:     akinobu.mita@...il.com, a.zummo@...ertech.it,
        linux-rtc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] rtc-r7301: Fix a possible sleep-in-atomic bug in
 rtc7301_read_time

On 13/12/2017 at 21:55:50 +0800, Jia-Ju Bai wrote:
> The driver may sleep under a spinlock.
> The function call path is:
> rtc7301_read_time (acquire the spinlock)
>   rtc7301_wait_while_busy 
>     usleep_range --> may sleep
> 
> To fix it, usleep_range is replaced with udelay.
> 
> This bug is found by my static analysis tool(DSAC) and checked by my code review.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jia-Ju Bai <baijiaju1990@...il.com>
> ---
>  drivers/rtc/rtc-r7301.c |    2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
Applied, thanks.

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Alexandre Belloni, Free Electrons
Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering
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