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DateThu, 28 Jun 2007 06:12:56 +0000
From"dave young" <>
SubjectRe: [PATCH] atkbd: cleanup only once
>2007/6/28, Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@insightbb.com>:
> On Wednesday 27 June 2007 01:02, dave young wrote:> > 2007/6/27, Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@insightbb.com>:
> > > On Wednesday 27 June 2007 00:28, Greg KH wrote:> > > > On Wed, Jun 27, 2007 at 12:34:09AM -0400, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> > > > > Hi Dave,> > > > >> > > > > On Wednesday 27 June 2007 06:59, Dave Young wrote:> > > > > > Hi,> > > > > >> > > > > > If you press ctrl+alt+del several times as kernel booting (before user level bootin), the kernel will oops. I found the ps2_command is called more than once, then the ps2dev->serio maybe NULL pointer.
> > > > > >> > > > > > 2.6.22-rc5 and 2.6.22-rc6 have same result.> > > > > >> > > > > > Signed-off-by: Dave Young <hidave.darkstar@gmail.com>
> > > > > > ---
> > > > > > diff -upr linux/drivers/input/keyboard/atkbd.c linux.new/drivers/input/keyboard/atkbd.c
> > > > > > --- linux/drivers/input/keyboard/atkbd.c  2007-06-27 10:38:37.000000000 +0000
> > > > > > +++ linux.new/drivers/input/keyboard/atkbd.c      2007-06-27 10:37:39.000000000 +0000
> > > > > > @@ -795,6 +795,11 @@ static int atkbd_activate(struct atkbd *
> > > > > >
> > > > > >  static void atkbd_cleanup(struct serio *serio)
> > > > > >  {
> > > > > > + static int flag;
> > > > > > +
> > > > > > + if(flag)
> > > > > > +         return;
> > > > > > + flag = 1;> > > > >> > > > > Unfortunately this will prevent atkbd from resetting keyboard on 2nd
> > > > > suspend attempt. It will also not work if you have an active MUX and
> > > > > have a couple of keyboards connected.> > > > >> > > > > Greg, now that you removed rwsem from subsystem (and subsystem itself
> > > > > for that matter) there is nothing as far as I can see that stops
> > > > > several threads from running device_shutdown() simultaneously. I also
> > > > > do not see what would isolate device probing and shutting them down
> > > > > at the same time. Am I missing something?> > > >> > > > There was never anything stopping that from happening before.  No driver
> > > > core code was using that rwsem, so it wasn't protecting anything,
> > > > despite people trying to use it as if it was :)> > > >> > >> > > It did protect device_shutdown() from itself, didn't it?
> > >> > > --> > > Dmitry> > >> > how about check ps2dev->serio in ps2_command before use it?>> I don't think we ever set it to NULL. Does the patch below help any?
>> --> Dmitry>>> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@mail.ru>
> ---
>
>  drivers/input/serio/serio.c |    2 ++
>  1 files changed, 2 insertions(+)
>
> Index: work/drivers/input/serio/serio.c
> ===================================================================
> --- work.orig/drivers/input/serio/serio.c
> +++ work/drivers/input/serio/serio.c
> @@ -769,8 +769,10 @@ static int serio_driver_remove(struct de
>
>  static void serio_cleanup(struct serio *serio)
>  {
> +       mutex_lock(&serio->drv_mutex);
>         if (serio->drv && serio->drv->cleanup)
>                 serio->drv->cleanup(serio);
> +       mutex_unlock(&serio->drv_mutex);
>  }
>
>  static void serio_shutdown(struct device *dev)
>
Yes, l tested with this patch, looks good to me.

Regards
dave
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