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From: vapier@gentoo.org (Mike Frysinger)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH] pxa2xx_spi: Fix race condition in stop_queue()
Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2011 13:35:14 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <BANLkTimBfLF_ef70dYsVDwKCU=fEe_+Z3w@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <201104011303.59668.anarsoul@gmail.com>

On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 06:03, Vasily Khoruzhick wrote:
> On Friday 01 April 2011 10:26:37 Eric Miao wrote:
>> On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 6:27 AM, Vasily Khoruzhick wrote:
>> > There's a race condition in stop_queue(),
>> > if drv_data->queue is empty, but drv_data->busy is still set
>> > (or opposite situation) stop_queue will return -EBUSY.
>> > So fix loop condition to check that both drv_data->queue is empty
>> > and drv_data->busy is not set.
>>
>> I think this is a good catch if the queue could be stopped only when
>> 1) queue is empty AND 2) transfer is not in progress.
>
> It has check later (under while):
>
> if (!list_empty(&drv_data->queue) || drv_data->busy)
> ? ? ? ?status = -EBUSY;
>
> And I'm hitting it on Z2 when I'm trying to enter suspend - it fails, because
> spi driver refuses to enter suspend.
>
>> There are several other places you might need to change accordingly,
>> e.g. spi_bfin5xx.c
>
> I can make a patch for other drivers, but I can't test it - I have no
> appropriate boards, and even toolchain.

that's fine, i do.  was this patch actually merged ?  or is there a
new version on the way ?
-mike

  reply	other threads:[~2011-04-04 17:35 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-03-13 22:27 [PATCH] pxa2xx_spi: Fix race condition in stop_queue() Vasily Khoruzhick
2011-03-31 21:02 ` Vasily Khoruzhick
2011-04-01  7:26 ` Eric Miao
2011-04-01 10:03   ` Vasily Khoruzhick
2011-04-04 17:35     ` Mike Frysinger [this message]
2011-04-04 17:47       ` Vasily Khoruzhick
2011-04-05  3:21         ` Eric Miao
2011-04-06 14:46           ` Vasily Khoruzhick
2011-04-06 14:49             ` [PATCH] spi: " Vasily Khoruzhick
2011-04-07  6:01               ` Eric Miao
2011-04-07  6:12               ` Mike Frysinger
2011-04-07 18:18               ` Grant Likely
2011-04-07  4:58             ` [PATCH] pxa2xx_spi: " Mike Frysinger

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