ACPICA commit 35273add90da19cd8790fdb5735f52e3c9861684 When single step execution is not ended, executing another control methods leads to dead locks around interpreter lock/namespace lock/method serialization lock. So we should only allow one execution from the debugger at same time. Lv Zheng. Link: https://github.com/acpica/acpica/commit/35273add Signed-off-by: Lv Zheng <lv.zheng@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Bob Moore <robert.moore@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/acpi/acpica/dbexec.c | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/dbexec.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/dbexec.c index 258e615..d713e2d 100644 --- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/dbexec.c +++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/dbexec.c @@ -370,7 +370,17 @@ acpi_db_execute(char *name, char **args, acpi_object_type * types, u32 flags) #ifdef ACPI_DEBUG_OUTPUT u32 previous_allocations; u32 allocations; +#endif + /* + * Allow one execution to be performed by debugger or single step + * execution will be dead locked by the interpreter mutexes. + */ + if (acpi_gbl_method_executing) { + acpi_os_printf("Only one debugger execution is allowed.\n"); + return; + } +#ifdef ACPI_DEBUG_OUTPUT /* Memory allocation tracking */ previous_allocations = acpi_db_get_outstanding_allocations(); -- 1.7.10 -- 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
