Re: [PATCH] ACPI: Run fixed button devices' notify callback in the process context

[Lan Tianyu <tianyu.lan@intel.com>]

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 <tianyu.lan@intel.com>
> ---
>   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;
>   }
>
>