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From: Abramo Bagnara <abramo.bagnara@libero.it>
To: Jaroslav Kysela <perex@suse.cz>
Cc: Jeremy Hall <jhall@maoz.com>,
	"paul@linuxaudiosystems.com" <paul@linuxaudiosystems.com>,
	"alsa-devel@lists.sourceforge.net"
	<alsa-devel@lists.sourceforge.net>
Subject: Re: rme9652: possible deadlock
Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2003 14:47:00 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3EAD22C4.70309@libero.it> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0304281418140.1603-100000@pnote.perex-int.cz>

Jaroslav Kysela ha scritto:
>>CPU1:
>>
>>read_lock(link_manager);	read_lock(link_manager);
>>spin_lock(s1);			spin_lock(s2);
>>if (stream_in_group)		if (stream_in_group)
>>	spin_lock(group);		spin_lock(group); /* Waiting */
>>spin_lock(s2); /* BOOM! */
>>
>>I guess that 3rd version will be the one I propose ;-)
> 
> 
> Yep, it is in CVS now ;-) Except I don't use trylock...
> 
> read_lock(link_manager);
> spin_lock(stream);
> ....
> if (stream_in_group) {
>     spin_lock(group);
>     spin_unlock(stream);
> }
> ....
> link_for_each(s) {	/* note that streams are locked in defined order now */
>     if (stream_in_group)
>         spin_lock(s);
> }
> ....
> list_for_each(s) {
>     if (stream_in_group)
>         spin_unlock(s);
> }
> ....
> if (stream_in_group) {
>     spin_lock(stream);
>     spin_unlock(group);
> }
> ....
> spin_unlock(stream);
> read_unlock(link_manager);

CPU1:				CPU2:
read_lock(link_manager);	read_lock(link_manager);
spin_lock(s1);			spin_lock(s2);
spin_lock(group);		spin_lock(group); // waiting
spin_unlock(s1);
//inside list_for_each
spin_lock(s1);
spin_lock(s2); // BOOM!

I fear you cannot avoid trylock ;-)

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  reply	other threads:[~2003-04-28 12:47 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-04-14 18:47 rme9652: possible deadlock Jeremy Hall
2003-04-22 14:16 ` Jaroslav Kysela
2003-04-22 19:22   ` Jeremy Hall
2003-04-22 19:42     ` Jaroslav Kysela
2003-04-22 22:04       ` Jeremy Hall
2003-04-23  9:51         ` Jaroslav Kysela
2003-04-23 15:06           ` Jeremy Hall
2003-04-23 19:19             ` Jaroslav Kysela
2003-04-24 10:03               ` Abramo Bagnara
2003-04-28  8:23                 ` Jeremy Hall
2003-04-28  8:58                   ` Abramo Bagnara
2003-04-28  9:58                     ` Jaroslav Kysela
2003-04-28 10:11                       ` Abramo Bagnara
2003-04-28 12:27                         ` Jaroslav Kysela
2003-04-28 12:47                           ` Abramo Bagnara [this message]
2003-04-28 18:16                             ` Jaroslav Kysela
2003-04-28 19:15                               ` Abramo Bagnara
2003-04-28  8:25                 ` Jeremy Hall
2003-04-28  8:44               ` Jeremy Hall

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