Re: [Bug #13424] possible deadlock when doing governor switching

Mathieu Desnoyers
2009-06-29T01:25:58Z

* Rafael J. Wysocki (rjw-KKrjLPT3xs0@public.gmane.org) wrote:
> This message has been generated automatically as a part of a report
> of regressions introduced between 2.6.29 and 2.6.30.
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> The following bug entry is on the current list of known regressions
> introduced between 2.6.29 and 2.6.30. Please verify if it still should
> be listed and let me know (either way).
>

Yep, it still exists. Venkatesh Pallipadi from Intel is working on it.
We need to figure out a proper way to fix policy rwlock vs dbs_mutex vs
timer mutex dependency.

Mathieu

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> Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13424
> Subject : possible deadlock when doing governor switching
> Submitter : Shaohua Li <shaohua.li-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
> Date : 2009-05-31 16:36 (29 days old)
> References : http://www.spinics.net/lists/cpufreq/msg00711.html
> Handled-By : Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers-scC8bbJcJLCw5LPnMra/2Q@public.gmane.org>
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