Hi Rob,
Thanks for the update!
On Fri, Aug 18, 2023 at 10:41 PM Rob Herring <robh@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> While originally it was fine to format strings using "%pOF" while
> holding devtree_lock, this now causes a deadlock. Lockdep reports:
>
> of_get_parent from of_fwnode_get_parent+0x18/0x24
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> of_fwnode_get_parent from fwnode_count_parents+0xc/0x28
> fwnode_count_parents from fwnode_full_name_string+0x18/0xac
> fwnode_full_name_string from device_node_string+0x1a0/0x404
> device_node_string from pointer+0x3c0/0x534
> pointer from vsnprintf+0x248/0x36c
> vsnprintf from vprintk_store+0x130/0x3b4
>
> Fix this by moving the printing in __of_changeset_entry_apply() outside
> the lock. As the only difference in the the multiple prints is the
scripts/checkpatch.pl says: WARNING: Possible repeated word: 'the'
> action name, use the existing "action_names" to refactor the prints into
> a single print.
>
> Fixes: a92eb7621b9fb2c2 ("lib/vsprintf: Make use of fwnode API to obtain node names and separators")
> Reported-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Rob Herring <robh@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> v6 (v3 in this series):
> - Add check on 'action' bounds. As action is only set in
> of_changeset_action(), add the check there.
> - Drop printing the changeset entry pointer
Reviewed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@xxxxxxxxx>
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
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