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| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c | 13 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c index 4da28444b235..3938c7817095 100644 --- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c +++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c @@ -61,6 +61,8 @@ static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(cpufreq_driver_lock); * are concerned with are online after they get the lock. * - Governor routines that can be called in cpufreq hotplug path should not * take this sem as top level hotplug notifier handler takes this. + * - Lock should not be held across + * __cpufreq_governor(data, CPUFREQ_GOV_STOP); */ static DEFINE_PER_CPU(int, policy_cpu); static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct rw_semaphore, cpu_policy_rwsem); @@ -1707,8 +1709,17 @@ static int __cpufreq_set_policy(struct cpufreq_policy *data, dprintk("governor switch\n"); /* end old governor */ - if (data->governor) + if (data->governor) { + /* + * Need to release the rwsem around governor + * stop due to lock dependency between + * cancel_delayed_work_sync and the read lock + * taken in the delayed work handler. + */ + unlock_policy_rwsem_write(data->cpu); __cpufreq_governor(data, CPUFREQ_GOV_STOP); + lock_policy_rwsem_write(data->cpu); + } /* start new governor */ data->governor = policy->governor; |