linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] mfd: dln2: use irqsave() in USB's complete callback

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Message-ID: <20180704074023.GN20176@dell>
Date:   Wed, 4 Jul 2018 08:40:23 +0100
From:   Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>
To:     Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>
Cc:     Johan Hovold <johan@...nel.org>, Octavian Purdila <tavi@...pub.ro>,
        lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org,
        tglx@...utronix.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] mfd: dln2: use irqsave() in USB's complete callback

On Mon, 02 Jul 2018, Sebastian Andrzej Siewior wrote:

> The USB completion callback does not disable interrupts while acquiring
> the lock. We want to remove the local_irq_disable() invocation from
> __usb_hcd_giveback_urb() and therefore it is required for the callback
> handler to disable the interrupts while acquiring the lock.
> The callback may be invoked either in IRQ or BH context depending on the
> USB host controller.
> Use the _irqsave() variant of the locking primitives.
> 
> Cc: Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>
> Cc: Octavian Purdila <tavi@...pub.ro>
> Reviewed-by: Johan Hovold <johan@...nel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>
> ---
> v1…v2: Remove also the comment that says that there is no need to
>        disable interrupts.
> 
>  drivers/mfd/dln2.c | 10 +++-------
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

Applied, thanks.

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