linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/3] firmware: add mutex fw_lock

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Date:   Fri, 23 Aug 2019 15:43:01 +0000
From:   Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>
To:     Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de>
Cc:     Scott Branden <scott.branden@...adcom.com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Andy Gross <andy.gross@...aro.org>,
        David Brown <david.brown@...aro.org>,
        Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>, bjorn.andersson@...aro.org,
        "Rafael J . Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
        BCM Kernel Feedback <bcm-kernel-feedback-list@...adcom.com>,
        Olof Johansson <olof@...om.net>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>,
        Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] firmware: add mutex fw_lock_fallback for race
 condition

On Fri, Aug 23, 2019 at 12:31:40PM +0200, Takashi Iwai wrote:
> So, if any, we'd need put a mutex around the fallback loader code.
> And, the mutex should be rather per device, not a global one.
> 
> Or we may trick it by appending the second parallel caller into the
> same wait queue, but the code will be more complex, so I don't think
> worth for it.

For now I'm thinking of a new API with a devname prefix to the driver.
I'll have to test if that works, but not sure if I'll get to it today
before my vacation starts (today).

  Luis