linux-kernel - Re: [Patch v5 12/12] i2x: pnx: Fix potential deadlock warning from del_timer

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Message-ID: <819cda69-8502-4a1d-94ed-742cb7e2b50c@kernel.org>
Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2024 09:48:29 +0200
From: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@...nel.org>
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Subject: Re: [Patch v5 12/12] i2x: pnx: Fix potential deadlock warning from
 del_timer_sync() call in isr

On 27/06/2024 17:00, Piotr Wojtaszczyk wrote:
> When del_timer_sync() is called in an interrupt context it throws a warning
> because of potential deadlock. The timer is used only to exit from
> wait_for_completion() after a timeout so replacing the call with
> wait_for_completion_timeout() allows to remove the problematic timer and
> its related functions altogether.

Subject typo: i2c

Best regards,
Krzysztof