On Tue, 2006-07-04 at 11:15 +0200, Duncan Sands wrote: > Linux version 2.6.17-git22 (duncan@baldrick) (gcc version 4.0.3 (Ubuntu 4.0.3-1ubuntu5)) #20 PREEMPT Tue Jul 4 10:35:04 CEST 2006 > > > [ 612.924372] ========================================================= > [ 612.948112] [ INFO: possible irq lock inversion dependency detected ] > [ 612.967383] --------------------------------------------------------- > [ 612.986657] aplay/5128 just changed the state of lock: > [ 613.002034] (&ins->scbs[index].lock){-...}, at: [<e099f95e>] cs46xx_dsp_remove_scb+0x1e/0xca [snd_cs46xx] > [ 613.031150] but this lock was taken by another, hard-irq-safe lock in the past: > [ 613.053019] (&substream->self_group.lock){+...} > [ 613.066369] > [ 613.066371] and interrupts could create inverse lock ordering between them. > [ 613.066374] ok so there is a code sequence where the locking is substream->self_group.lock -> ins->scbs[index].lock substream->self_group.lock is interrupt safe, and taken from irq context as well (trace is snipped for brevity) so what can happen is cpu 0 cpu 1 user context user context take ins->scbs[index].lock without disabling interrupts get substream->self_group.lock (irqsafe) try to get ins->scbs[index].lock (spins) interrupt happens try to get substream->self_group.lock (spins) which is an obvious AB-BA deadlock fix is to just take the lock with _irqsafe Signed-off-by: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- sound/pci/cs46xx/dsp_spos_scb_lib.c | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) Index: linux-2.6.17-mm4/sound/pci/cs46xx/dsp_spos_scb_lib.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.17-mm4.orig/sound/pci/cs46xx/dsp_spos_scb_lib.c +++ linux-2.6.17-mm4/sound/pci/cs46xx/dsp_spos_scb_lib.c @@ -180,6 +180,7 @@ static void _dsp_clear_sample_buffer (st void cs46xx_dsp_remove_scb (struct snd_cs46xx *chip, struct dsp_scb_descriptor * scb) { struct dsp_spos_instance * ins = chip->dsp_spos_instance; + unsignded long flags; /* check integrety */ snd_assert ( (scb->index >= 0 && @@ -194,9 +195,9 @@ void cs46xx_dsp_remove_scb (struct snd_c goto _end); #endif - spin_lock(&scb->lock); + spin_lock_irqsave(&scb->lock, flags); _dsp_unlink_scb (chip,scb); - spin_unlock(&scb->lock); + spin_unlock_irqrestore(&scb->lock, flags); cs46xx_dsp_proc_free_scb_desc(scb); snd_assert (scb->scb_symbol != NULL, return ); Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Alsa-devel mailing list Alsa-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-devel