linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 2/2] bus: mhi: host: Drop chan lock before queuing buffers

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Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2023 11:23:51 -0700
From: Jeffrey Hugo <quic_jhugo@...cinc.com>
To: Qiang Yu <quic_qianyu@...cinc.com>, <mani@...nel.org>
CC: <mhi@...ts.linux.dev>, <linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <quic_cang@...cinc.com>,
        <quic_mrana@...cinc.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 2/2] bus: mhi: host: Drop chan lock before queuing
 buffers

On 12/10/2023 11:42 PM, Qiang Yu wrote:
> Ensure read and write locks for the channel are not taken in succession by
> dropping the read lock from parse_xfer_event() such that a callback given
> to client can potentially queue buffers and acquire the write lock in that
> process. Any queueing of buffers should be done without channel read lock
> acquired as it can result in multiple locks and a soft lockup.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Qiang Yu <quic_qianyu@...cinc.com>

Seems to work fine for AIC100

Reviewed-by: Jeffrey Hugo <quic_jhugo@...cinc.com>
Tested-by: Jeffrey Hugo <quic_jhugo@...cinc.com>