Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753424AbaLLXFv (ORCPT ); Fri, 12 Dec 2014 18:05:51 -0500 Received: from gw-1.arm.linux.org.uk ([78.32.30.217]:54681 "EHLO pandora.arm.linux.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753314AbaLLXFu (ORCPT ); Fri, 12 Dec 2014 18:05:50 -0500 Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2014 23:05:43 +0000 From: Russell King - ARM Linux To: Stephen Boyd Cc: Mike Turquette , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] clk: Really fix deadlock with mmap_sem Message-ID: <20141212230543.GX11285@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk> References: <1418425456-19364-1-git-send-email-sboyd@codeaurora.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1418425456-19364-1-git-send-email-sboyd@codeaurora.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Dec 12, 2014 at 03:04:16PM -0800, Stephen Boyd wrote: > Commit 6314b6796e3c (clk: Don't hold prepare_lock across debugfs > creation, 2014-09-04) forgot to update one place where we hold > the prepare_lock while creating debugfs directories. This means > we still have the chance of a deadlock that the commit was trying > to fix. Actually fix it by moving the debugfs creation outside > the prepare_lock. > > Reported-by: Russell King - ARM Linux Please use "Russell King " rather than this address, thanks. -- FTTC broadband for 0.8mile line: currently at 9.5Mbps down 400kbps up according to speedtest.net. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/