mhi_queue_buf() will grab the 'mhi_chan->lock' for doing the doorbell access. Hence the lock needs to be dropped before the call. Fixes: 189ff97cca53 ("bus: mhi: core: Add support for data transfer") Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Manivannan Sadhasivam <manivannan.sadhasivam@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/bus/mhi/core/main.c | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/bus/mhi/core/main.c b/drivers/bus/mhi/core/main.c index 4165a853c189..ed995137c3a0 100644 --- a/drivers/bus/mhi/core/main.c +++ b/drivers/bus/mhi/core/main.c @@ -538,6 +538,11 @@ static int parse_xfer_event(struct mhi_controller *mhi_cntrl, * from dropping the packet */ if (mhi_chan->pre_alloc) { + /* + * mhi_queue_buf() will grab the mhi_chan->lock + * so let's drop it here and grab it later + */ + read_unlock_bh(&mhi_chan->lock); if (mhi_queue_buf(mhi_chan->mhi_dev, mhi_chan->dir, buf_info->cb_buf, @@ -547,6 +552,7 @@ static int parse_xfer_event(struct mhi_controller *mhi_cntrl, mhi_chan->chan); kfree(buf_info->cb_buf); } + read_lock_bh(&mhi_chan->lock); } } break; -- 2.17.1