Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S2993402AbbEPIqN (ORCPT ); Sat, 16 May 2015 04:46:13 -0400 Received: from bband-dyn183.178-41-215.t-com.sk ([178.41.215.183]:22470 "EHLO ip4-83-240-18-248.cust.nbox.cz" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1945986AbbEPIFm (ORCPT ); Sat, 16 May 2015 04:05:42 -0400 From: Jiri Slaby To: stable@vger.kernel.org Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Takashi Iwai , Jiri Slaby Subject: [PATCH 3.12 086/142] ALSA: emux: Fix mutex deadlock at unloading Date: Sat, 16 May 2015 09:37:26 +0200 Message-Id: <743fd776fbd6eeb3ead93208453c82f5f00e559f.1431761807.git.jslaby@suse.cz> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.3.7 In-Reply-To: <70c3d4ae1322b9e9bd7443ef574af5635234a0fa.1431761807.git.jslaby@suse.cz> References: <70c3d4ae1322b9e9bd7443ef574af5635234a0fa.1431761807.git.jslaby@suse.cz> In-Reply-To: References: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1708 Lines: 56 From: Takashi Iwai 3.12-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. =============== commit 07b0e5d49d227e3950cb13a3e8caf248ef2a310e upstream. The emux-synth driver has a possible AB/BA mutex deadlock at unloading the emu10k1 driver: snd_emux_free() -> snd_emux_detach_seq(): mutex_lock(&emu->register_mutex) -> snd_seq_delete_kernel_client() -> snd_seq_free_client(): mutex_lock(®ister_mutex) snd_seq_release() -> snd_seq_free_client(): mutex_lock(®ister_mutex) -> snd_seq_delete_all_ports() -> snd_emux_unuse(): mutex_lock(&emu->register_mutex) Basically snd_emux_detach_seq() doesn't need a protection of emu->register_mutex as it's already being unregistered. So, we can get rid of this for avoiding the deadlock. Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby --- sound/synth/emux/emux_seq.c | 2 -- 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/sound/synth/emux/emux_seq.c b/sound/synth/emux/emux_seq.c index 7778b8e19782..188fda0effb0 100644 --- a/sound/synth/emux/emux_seq.c +++ b/sound/synth/emux/emux_seq.c @@ -124,12 +124,10 @@ snd_emux_detach_seq(struct snd_emux *emu) if (emu->voices) snd_emux_terminate_all(emu); - mutex_lock(&emu->register_mutex); if (emu->client >= 0) { snd_seq_delete_kernel_client(emu->client); emu->client = -1; } - mutex_unlock(&emu->register_mutex); } -- 2.3.7 -- 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/