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SubjectRe: [RFC PATCH 11/19] cpufreq: assert policy->rwsem is held in __cpufreq_governor
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On Friday, January 29, 2016 04:33:39 PM Saravana Kannan wrote:
> On 01/12/2016 02:20 AM, Viresh Kumar wrote:
> > On 11-01-16, 17:35, Juri Lelli wrote:
> >> __cpufreq_governor works on policy, so policy->rwsem has to be held.
> >> Add assertion for such condition.
> >>
> >> Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@rjwysocki.net>
> >> Cc: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@linaro.org>
> >> Signed-off-by: Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@arm.com>
> >> ---
> >> drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c | 3 +++
> >> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
> >>
> >> diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
> >> index f1f9fbc..e7fc5c9 100644
> >> --- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
> >> +++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
> >> @@ -1950,6 +1950,9 @@ static int __cpufreq_governor(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
> >> /* Don't start any governor operations if we are entering suspend */
> >> if (cpufreq_suspended)
> >> return 0;
> >> +
> >> + lockdep_assert_held(&policy->rwsem);
> >> +
> >
> > We had an ABBA problem with the EXIT governor callback and so this
> > rwsem is dropped just before that from set_policy()..
> >
> > commit 955ef4833574 ("cpufreq: Drop rwsem lock around
> > CPUFREQ_GOV_POLICY_EXIT")
> >
>
> AFAIR, the ABBA issue was between the sysfs lock and the policy lock.
> The fix for that issue should not be dropping the lock around
> POLICY_EXIT.

Right. Dropping the lock is a mistake (which I overlooked, sadly).

Thanks,
Rafael

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