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* [patch] acpi: use mutex instead of spinlock in dock driver
@ 2006-10-30 19:18 Kristen Carlson Accardi
  2006-10-30 20:12 ` Len Brown
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Kristen Carlson Accardi @ 2006-10-30 19:18 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux-acpi; +Cc: linux-kernel, len.brown

http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7303

Use a mutex instead of a spinlock for locking the
hotplug list because we need to call into the acpi
subsystem which might sleep.

Signed-off-by: Kristen Carlson Accardi <kristen.c.accardi@intel.com>
---
 drivers/acpi/dock.c |   16 ++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

--- 2.6-git.orig/drivers/acpi/dock.c
+++ 2.6-git/drivers/acpi/dock.c
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ struct dock_station {
 	unsigned long last_dock_time;
 	u32 flags;
 	spinlock_t dd_lock;
-	spinlock_t hp_lock;
+	struct mutex hp_lock;
 	struct list_head dependent_devices;
 	struct list_head hotplug_devices;
 };
@@ -114,9 +114,9 @@ static void
 dock_add_hotplug_device(struct dock_station *ds,
 			struct dock_dependent_device *dd)
 {
-	spin_lock(&ds->hp_lock);
+	mutex_lock(&ds->hp_lock);
 	list_add_tail(&dd->hotplug_list, &ds->hotplug_devices);
-	spin_unlock(&ds->hp_lock);
+	mutex_unlock(&ds->hp_lock);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -130,9 +130,9 @@ static void
 dock_del_hotplug_device(struct dock_station *ds,
 			struct dock_dependent_device *dd)
 {
-	spin_lock(&ds->hp_lock);
+	mutex_lock(&ds->hp_lock);
 	list_del(&dd->hotplug_list);
-	spin_unlock(&ds->hp_lock);
+	mutex_unlock(&ds->hp_lock);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ static void hotplug_dock_devices(struct 
 {
 	struct dock_dependent_device *dd;
 
-	spin_lock(&ds->hp_lock);
+	mutex_lock(&ds->hp_lock);
 
 	/*
 	 * First call driver specific hotplug functions
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ static void hotplug_dock_devices(struct 
 		else
 			dock_create_acpi_device(dd->handle);
 	}
-	spin_unlock(&ds->hp_lock);
+	mutex_unlock(&ds->hp_lock);
 }
 
 static void dock_event(struct dock_station *ds, u32 event, int num)
@@ -625,7 +625,7 @@ static int dock_add(acpi_handle handle)
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&dock_station->dependent_devices);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&dock_station->hotplug_devices);
 	spin_lock_init(&dock_station->dd_lock);
-	spin_lock_init(&dock_station->hp_lock);
+	mutex_init(&dock_station->hp_lock);
 	ATOMIC_INIT_NOTIFIER_HEAD(&dock_notifier_list);
 
 	/* Find dependent devices */

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* Re: [patch] acpi: use mutex instead of spinlock in dock driver
  2006-10-30 19:18 [patch] acpi: use mutex instead of spinlock in dock driver Kristen Carlson Accardi
@ 2006-10-30 20:12 ` Len Brown
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Len Brown @ 2006-10-30 20:12 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Kristen Carlson Accardi; +Cc: linux-acpi, linux-kernel

Applied.

thanks,
-Len

On Monday 30 October 2006 14:18, Kristen Carlson Accardi wrote:
> http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7303
> 
> Use a mutex instead of a spinlock for locking the
> hotplug list because we need to call into the acpi
> subsystem which might sleep.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Kristen Carlson Accardi <kristen.c.accardi@intel.com>
> ---
>  drivers/acpi/dock.c |   16 ++++++++--------
>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> 
> --- 2.6-git.orig/drivers/acpi/dock.c
> +++ 2.6-git/drivers/acpi/dock.c
> @@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ struct dock_station {
>  	unsigned long last_dock_time;
>  	u32 flags;
>  	spinlock_t dd_lock;
> -	spinlock_t hp_lock;
> +	struct mutex hp_lock;
>  	struct list_head dependent_devices;
>  	struct list_head hotplug_devices;
>  };
> @@ -114,9 +114,9 @@ static void
>  dock_add_hotplug_device(struct dock_station *ds,
>  			struct dock_dependent_device *dd)
>  {
> -	spin_lock(&ds->hp_lock);
> +	mutex_lock(&ds->hp_lock);
>  	list_add_tail(&dd->hotplug_list, &ds->hotplug_devices);
> -	spin_unlock(&ds->hp_lock);
> +	mutex_unlock(&ds->hp_lock);
>  }
>  
>  /**
> @@ -130,9 +130,9 @@ static void
>  dock_del_hotplug_device(struct dock_station *ds,
>  			struct dock_dependent_device *dd)
>  {
> -	spin_lock(&ds->hp_lock);
> +	mutex_lock(&ds->hp_lock);
>  	list_del(&dd->hotplug_list);
> -	spin_unlock(&ds->hp_lock);
> +	mutex_unlock(&ds->hp_lock);
>  }
>  
>  /**
> @@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ static void hotplug_dock_devices(struct 
>  {
>  	struct dock_dependent_device *dd;
>  
> -	spin_lock(&ds->hp_lock);
> +	mutex_lock(&ds->hp_lock);
>  
>  	/*
>  	 * First call driver specific hotplug functions
> @@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ static void hotplug_dock_devices(struct 
>  		else
>  			dock_create_acpi_device(dd->handle);
>  	}
> -	spin_unlock(&ds->hp_lock);
> +	mutex_unlock(&ds->hp_lock);
>  }
>  
>  static void dock_event(struct dock_station *ds, u32 event, int num)
> @@ -625,7 +625,7 @@ static int dock_add(acpi_handle handle)
>  	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&dock_station->dependent_devices);
>  	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&dock_station->hotplug_devices);
>  	spin_lock_init(&dock_station->dd_lock);
> -	spin_lock_init(&dock_station->hp_lock);
> +	mutex_init(&dock_station->hp_lock);
>  	ATOMIC_INIT_NOTIFIER_HEAD(&dock_notifier_list);
>  
>  	/* Find dependent devices */
> -
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