This allows userspace to request death notifications without having to worry about getting an immediate callback on the same thread; one scenario where this would be problematic is if the death recipient handler grabs a lock that was already taken earlier (eg as part of a nested transaction). Signed-off-by: Martijn Coenen <maco@xxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/android/binder.c | 22 ++++++---------------- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/android/binder.c b/drivers/android/binder.c index 68780b8e856c..2d23f8699d40 100644 --- a/drivers/android/binder.c +++ b/drivers/android/binder.c @@ -3718,22 +3718,12 @@ static int binder_thread_write(struct binder_proc *proc, ref->death = death; if (ref->node->proc == NULL) { ref->death->work.type = BINDER_WORK_DEAD_BINDER; - if (thread->looper & - (BINDER_LOOPER_STATE_REGISTERED | - BINDER_LOOPER_STATE_ENTERED)) - binder_enqueue_work( - proc, - &ref->death->work, - &thread->todo); - else { - binder_inner_proc_lock(proc); - binder_enqueue_work_ilocked( - &ref->death->work, - &proc->todo); - binder_wakeup_proc_ilocked( - proc); - binder_inner_proc_unlock(proc); - } + + binder_inner_proc_lock(proc); + binder_enqueue_work_ilocked( + &ref->death->work, &proc->todo); + binder_wakeup_proc_ilocked(proc); + binder_inner_proc_unlock(proc); } } else { if (ref->death == NULL) { -- 2.14.1.581.gf28d330327-goog _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel