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author | Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@linaro.org> | 2013-08-31 17:48:23 +0530 |
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committer | Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com> | 2013-09-10 02:49:46 +0200 |
commit | 19c763031acb831a5ab9c1a701b7fedda073eb3f (patch) | |
tree | 86ddfcb2266d1cc4946d7b24f2a6320277517cc2 /drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_stats.c | |
parent | f73d39338444d9915c746403bd98b145ff9d2ba4 (diff) | |
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cpufreq: serialize calls to __cpufreq_governor()
We can't take a big lock around __cpufreq_governor() as this causes
recursive locking for some cases. But calls to this routine must be
serialized for every policy. Otherwise we can see some unpredictable
events.
For example, consider following scenario:
__cpufreq_remove_dev()
__cpufreq_governor(policy, CPUFREQ_GOV_STOP);
policy->governor->governor(policy, CPUFREQ_GOV_STOP);
cpufreq_governor_dbs()
case CPUFREQ_GOV_STOP:
mutex_destroy(&cpu_cdbs->timer_mutex)
cpu_cdbs->cur_policy = NULL;
<PREEMPT>
store()
__cpufreq_set_policy()
__cpufreq_governor(policy, CPUFREQ_GOV_LIMITS);
policy->governor->governor(policy, CPUFREQ_GOV_LIMITS);
case CPUFREQ_GOV_LIMITS:
mutex_lock(&cpu_cdbs->timer_mutex); <-- Warning (destroyed mutex)
if (policy->max < cpu_cdbs->cur_policy->cur) <- cur_policy == NULL
And so store() will eventually result in a crash if cur_policy is
NULL at this point.
Introduce an additional variable which would guarantee serialization
here.
Reported-by: Stephen Boyd <sboyd@codeaurora.org>
Signed-off-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_stats.c')
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