On Wed, 16 Aug 2006, Len Brown wrote: > > acpi_pci_link_set() allocates with GFP_ATOMIC. On resume from suspend, > > this is called with interrupts off, otherwise GFP_KERNEL is safe. > So you are suggesting this? > diff --git a/drivers/acpi/pci_link.c b/drivers/acpi/pci_link.c > index 7f3e7e7..d53bd98 100644 > --- a/drivers/acpi/pci_link.c > +++ b/drivers/acpi/pci_link.c > @@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ static int acpi_pci_link_set(struct acpi > if (!link || !irq) > return -EINVAL; > > - resource = kmalloc(sizeof(*resource) + 1, GFP_ATOMIC); > + resource = kmalloc(sizeof(*resource) + 1, irqs_disabled() ? GFP_ATOMIC: GFP_KERNEL); > if (!resource) > return -ENOMEM; > > Yes, exactly. > > acpi_pci_link_resume -> acpi_pci_link_set -> acpi_set_current_resources -> > > acpi_rs_set_srs_method_data -> acpi_ut_create_internal_object_dbg -> > > acpi_ut_allocate_object_desc_dbg -> acpi_os_acquire_object -> > > kmem_cache_alloc(GFP_KERNEL) flag. > I don't understand this comment. > acpi_os_acquire_object is implemented in aclinux.h: > static inline void *acpi_os_acquire_object(acpi_cache_t * cache) { > return kmem_cache_zalloc(cache, irqs_disabled() ? GFP_ATOMIC : GFP_KERNEL); > } This happened in some -rc of 2.6.18 (can be seen at http://www.kernel.org/diff/diffview.cgi?file=%2Fpub%2Flinux%2Fkernel%2Fv2.6%2Ftesting%2Fpatch-2.6.18-rc4.bz2;z=2727) - the acpi_os_acquire_object() was renamed to acpi_os_validate_interface() ... which allocates solely with GFP_KERNEL, but this may be OK, I haven't checked. Anyway ... Unfortunately, looking at the refactorized ACPI code in 2.6.18-rc4, there are still issues with sleeping functions called with disabled interrupts (during resume), in ACPI code. Two random examples: - when acpi_pci_link_set() is called during resume (local irqs off), the following callchain happens, which is bad: acpi_pci_link_resume -> acpi_pci_link_set -> acpi_set_current_resources -> acpi_rs_set_srs_method_data -> acpi_ns_evaluate -> acpi_ns_get_node .. here the mutex is acquired. Not good. - device_power_up -> sysdev_resume -> __sysdev_resume -> cpufreq_resume -> blocking_notifier_call_chain -> down on semaphore. Not good. Is there any general idea for solution? Thanks, -- JiKos. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-acpi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html