From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Lan Tianyu Subject: Re: [PATCH] ACPI: Run fixed button devices' notify callback in the process context Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2014 15:41:27 +0800 Message-ID: <53F6F427.6030508@intel.com> References: <1408693091-16268-1-git-send-email-tianyu.lan@intel.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mga09.intel.com ([134.134.136.24]:42532 "EHLO mga09.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755836AbaHVHlU (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 Aug 2014 03:41:20 -0400 In-Reply-To: <1408693091-16268-1-git-send-email-tianyu.lan@intel.com> Sender: linux-acpi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org To: rjw@rjwysocki.net, lenb@kernel.org, bebl@mageta.org, davem@davemloft.net Cc: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On 08/22/2014 03:37 PM, Lan Tianyu wrote: > Currently fixed button devices' notify callbacks are running in the > interrupt context. It's not necessary and prevent calling functions > with mutex lock(E,G evaluating ACPI method). Otherwise, it's different > with non-fixed button device whose notify callback is running in the process > context. This patch is to make fixed button device's notify > callback in the process context and this also can avoid dead lock > when using netlink to report button event to user space. > Hi David: Could you try this patch on your machine? So far, I don't have fixed button machine on the hand. > Signed-off-by: Lan Tianyu > --- > drivers/acpi/scan.c | 9 +++++++-- > 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/acpi/scan.c b/drivers/acpi/scan.c > index 0a817ad..bfb7fc5 100644 > --- a/drivers/acpi/scan.c > +++ b/drivers/acpi/scan.c > @@ -922,12 +922,17 @@ static void acpi_device_notify(acpi_handle handle, u32 event, void *data) > device->driver->ops.notify(device, event); > } > > -static acpi_status acpi_device_notify_fixed(void *data) > +static void acpi_device_notify_fixed_run(void *data) > { > struct acpi_device *device = data; > > - /* Fixed hardware devices have no handles */ > acpi_device_notify(NULL, ACPI_FIXED_HARDWARE_EVENT, device); > +} > + > +static acpi_status acpi_device_notify_fixed(void *data) > +{ > + /* Fixed hardware devices have no handles */ > + acpi_os_execute(OSL_NOTIFY_HANDLER, acpi_device_notify_fixed_run, data); > return AE_OK; > } > >