* broken pcmcia_bus_match for dynids
@ 2010-01-13 12:42 Jiri Slaby
2010-01-16 12:04 ` Dominik Brodowski
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Jiri Slaby @ 2010-01-13 12:42 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-pcmcia; +Cc: LKML
Hi,
stanse found that when PCMCIA_DEV_ID_MATCH_FAKE_CIS is set in
match_flags for a dynid, the pcmcia layer may deadlock.
pcmcia_load_firmware in such case calls non-atomic operations
(request_firmware, kzalloc(GFP_KERNEL)), while dynids.lock spinlock is held.
Any ideas how to solve this? Any idea, why p_drv->dynids.lock is not a
mutex instead?
thanks,
--
js
^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread
* Re: broken pcmcia_bus_match for dynids
2010-01-13 12:42 broken pcmcia_bus_match for dynids Jiri Slaby
@ 2010-01-16 12:04 ` Dominik Brodowski
2010-01-16 12:22 ` Jiri Slaby
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Dominik Brodowski @ 2010-01-16 12:04 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Jiri Slaby; +Cc: linux-pcmcia, LKML
Hey,
On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 01:42:05PM +0100, Jiri Slaby wrote:
> stanse found that when PCMCIA_DEV_ID_MATCH_FAKE_CIS is set in
> match_flags for a dynid, the pcmcia layer may deadlock.
>
> pcmcia_load_firmware in such case calls non-atomic operations
> (request_firmware, kzalloc(GFP_KERNEL)), while dynids.lock spinlock is held.
>
> Any ideas how to solve this? Any idea, why p_drv->dynids.lock is not a
> mutex instead?
Well, as dynid->id.cisfile is never set, it is still NULL, which means
pcmcia_load_firmware is left immediately, without calling the (blocking)
request_firmare(). So this actually isn't a problem, AFAICS.
Nonetheless, I'll prepare a patch to replace it with a mutex for 2.6.34.
Best,
Dominik
^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread
end of thread, other threads:[~2010-01-16 12:22 UTC | newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages (download: mbox.gz follow: Atom feed
-- links below jump to the message on this page --
2010-01-13 12:42 broken pcmcia_bus_match for dynids Jiri Slaby
2010-01-16 12:04 ` Dominik Brodowski
2010-01-16 12:22 ` Jiri Slaby
This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox