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SubjectRe: [PATCH] ACPI / video: driver must be registered before checking for keypresses
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On Tuesday, January 05, 2016 12:43:54 PM Hans de Goede wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On 04-01-16 23:22, Adrien Schildknecht wrote:
> > acpi_video_handles_brightness_key_presses() may use an uninitialized mutex.
> > The error has been reported by lockdep: DEBUG_LOCKS_WARN_ON(l->magic != l).
> > The function assumes that the video driver has been registered before being
> > called. As explained in the comment of acpi_video_init(), the registration
> > of the video class may be defered and thus may not take place in the init
> > function of the module.
> >
> > Use completion mechanisms to make sure that
> > acpi_video_handles_brightness_key_presses() wait for the completion of
> > acpi_video_register() before using the mutex.
> > Also get rid of register_count since task completion can replace it.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Adrien Schildknecht <adrien+dev@schischi.me>
>
> Thanks for the fix, my first instinct was that there should be an easier
> fix, but thinking more about it this and how this function is used
> in thinkpad_acpi. this is indeed the correct way to fix this:
>
> Reviewed-by: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com>
>
> Rafael, can you please add this fix to acpi-next ?

I will, thanks!

Rafael



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