There's logic in __rfcomm_dlc_close: rfcomm_dlc_lock(d); d->state = BT_CLOSED; d->state_changed(d, err); rfcomm_dlc_unlock(d); In rfcomm_dev_state_change, it's possible that rfcomm_dev_put try to take the dlc lock, then we will deadlock. Here fixed it by unlock dlc before rfcomm_dev_get in rfcomm_dev_state_change. why not unlock just before rfcomm_dev_put? it's because there's another problem. rfcomm_dev_get/rfcomm_dev_del will take rfcomm_dev_lock, but in rfcomm_dev_add the lock order is : rfcomm_dev_lock --> dlc lock so I unlock dlc before the taken of rfcomm_dev_lock. Actually it's a regression caused by commit 1905f6c736cb618e07eca0c96e60e3c024023428, the dlc state_change could be two callbacks : rfcomm_sk_state_change and rfcomm_dev_state_change. I missed the rfcomm_sk_state_change that time. Thanks Arjan van de Ven <arjan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> for the effort in commit 4c8411f8c115def968820a4df6658ccfd55d7f1a but he missed the rfcomm_dev_state_change lock issue. Signed-off-by: Dave Young <hidave.darkstar@xxxxxxxxx> --- net/bluetooth/rfcomm/tty.c | 13 ++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff -upr linux/net/bluetooth/rfcomm/tty.c linux.new/net/bluetooth/rfcomm/tty.c --- linux/net/bluetooth/rfcomm/tty.c 2008-05-30 15:46:33.000000000 +0800 +++ linux.new/net/bluetooth/rfcomm/tty.c 2008-06-02 09:16:31.000000000 +0800 @@ -566,11 +566,22 @@ static void rfcomm_dev_state_change(stru if (dlc->state == BT_CLOSED) { if (!dev->tty) { if (test_bit(RFCOMM_RELEASE_ONHUP, &dev->flags)) { - if (rfcomm_dev_get(dev->id) == NULL) + /* Drop DLC lock here to avoid deadlock + * 1. rfcomm_dev_get will take rfcomm_dev_lock + * but in rfcomm_dev_add there's lock order: + * rfcomm_dev_lock -> dlc lock + * 2. rfcomm_dev_put will deadlock if it's + * the last reference + */ + rfcomm_dlc_unlock(dlc); + if (rfcomm_dev_get(dev->id) == NULL) { + rfcomm_dlc_lock(dlc); return; + } rfcomm_dev_del(dev); rfcomm_dev_put(dev); + rfcomm_dlc_lock(dlc); } } else tty_hangup(dev->tty); -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-bluetooth" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html