Start holding the lock for all cases irrespective of number of fb, there could be a deadlock since this number could change in the lifetime of this lock Signed-off-by: Dhananjay Balan <mail@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/staging/sm750fb/sm750.c | 26 +++++++++++++------------- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/sm750fb/sm750.c b/drivers/staging/sm750fb/sm750.c index d5934f372387..af5c3c93a077 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/sm750fb/sm750.c +++ b/drivers/staging/sm750fb/sm750.c @@ -183,19 +183,19 @@ static void lynxfb_ops_fillrect(struct fb_info *info, rop = (region->rop != ROP_COPY) ? HW_ROP2_XOR : HW_ROP2_COPY; /* - * If not use spin_lock,system will die if user load driver + * If not use spin_lock, system will die if user load driver * and immediately unload driver frequently (dual) + * since they fb_count could change during the lifetime of + * this lock, we are holding it for all cases. */ - if (sm750_dev->fb_count > 1) - spin_lock(&sm750_dev->slock); + spin_lock(&sm750_dev->slock); sm750_dev->accel.de_fillrect(&sm750_dev->accel, base, pitch, Bpp, region->dx, region->dy, region->width, region->height, color, rop); - if (sm750_dev->fb_count > 1) - spin_unlock(&sm750_dev->slock); + spin_unlock(&sm750_dev->slock); } static void lynxfb_ops_copyarea(struct fb_info *info, @@ -219,17 +219,17 @@ static void lynxfb_ops_copyarea(struct fb_info *info, /* * If not use spin_lock, system will die if user load driver * and immediately unload driver frequently (dual) + * since they fb_count could change during the lifetime of + * this lock, we are holding it for all cases. */ - if (sm750_dev->fb_count > 1) - spin_lock(&sm750_dev->slock); + spin_lock(&sm750_dev->slock); sm750_dev->accel.de_copyarea(&sm750_dev->accel, base, pitch, region->sx, region->sy, base, pitch, Bpp, region->dx, region->dy, region->width, region->height, HW_ROP2_COPY); - if (sm750_dev->fb_count > 1) - spin_unlock(&sm750_dev->slock); + spin_unlock(&sm750_dev->slock); } static void lynxfb_ops_imageblit(struct fb_info *info, @@ -268,9 +268,10 @@ static void lynxfb_ops_imageblit(struct fb_info *info, /* * If not use spin_lock, system will die if user load driver * and immediately unload driver frequently (dual) + * since they fb_count could change during the lifetime of + * this lock, we are holding it for all cases. */ - if (sm750_dev->fb_count > 1) - spin_lock(&sm750_dev->slock); + spin_lock(&sm750_dev->slock); sm750_dev->accel.de_imageblit(&sm750_dev->accel, image->data, image->width >> 3, 0, @@ -278,8 +279,7 @@ static void lynxfb_ops_imageblit(struct fb_info *info, image->dx, image->dy, image->width, image->height, fgcol, bgcol, HW_ROP2_COPY); - if (sm750_dev->fb_count > 1) - spin_unlock(&sm750_dev->slock); + spin_unlock(&sm750_dev->slock); } static int lynxfb_ops_pan_display(struct fb_var_screeninfo *var, -- 2.13.2 _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel