Re: [char-misc 1/4] mei: do not run reset flow from the interrupt thread

[Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Wed, Jan 08, 2014 at 08:19:21PM +0200, Tomas Winkler wrote:
> This fixes a potential deadlock in case of a firmware
> initiated reset
> 
> mei_reset has a dialog with the interrupt thread hence
> it has to be run from an another work item
> 
> Most of the mei_resets were called from mei_hbm_dispatch
> which is called in interrupt thread context so this
> function underwent major revamp. The error code is
> propagated to the interrupt thread and if needed
> the reset is scheduled from there.
> 
> Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> 
> Signed-off-by: Tomas Winkler <tomas.winkler@intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Alexander Usyskin <alexander.usyskin@intel.com>
> ---
>  drivers/misc/mei/hbm.c       | 200 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------
>  drivers/misc/mei/hbm.h       |   6 +-
>  drivers/misc/mei/hw-me.c     |  32 ++++---
>  drivers/misc/mei/init.c      | 100 +++++++++++++---------
>  drivers/misc/mei/interrupt.c |   9 +-
>  drivers/misc/mei/mei_dev.h   |   1 +
>  6 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 138 deletions(-)

This is a _really_ big patch for a stable kernel tree.  Are you sure
it's needed there?  Please go read Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt
again.

greg k-h