On 05/27/2017 12:53 AM, Alexey Khoroshilov wrote:
> ad7152_write_raw_samp_freq() is called by ad7152_write_raw() with
> chip->state_lock held. So, there is unavoidable deadlock when
> ad7152_write_raw_samp_freq() locks the mutex itself.
>
> The patch removes unneeded locking.
>
> Found by Linux Driver Verification project (linuxtesting.org).
>
> Signed-off-by: Alexey Khoroshilov <khoroshilov@xxxxxxxxx>
Looks good, thanks.
Fixes: 6572389bcc11 ("staging: iio: cdc: ad7152: Implement
IIO_CHAN_INFO_SAMP_FREQ attribute")
Acked-by: Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/staging/iio/cdc/ad7152.c | 6 +-----
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/iio/cdc/ad7152.c b/drivers/staging/iio/cdc/ad7152.c
> index dc6ecd824365..ff10d1f0a7e4 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/iio/cdc/ad7152.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/iio/cdc/ad7152.c
> @@ -231,16 +231,12 @@ static int ad7152_write_raw_samp_freq(struct device *dev, int val)
> if (i >= ARRAY_SIZE(ad7152_filter_rate_table))
> i = ARRAY_SIZE(ad7152_filter_rate_table) - 1;
>
> - mutex_lock(&chip->state_lock);
> ret = i2c_smbus_write_byte_data(chip->client,
> AD7152_REG_CFG2, AD7152_CFG2_OSR(i));
> - if (ret < 0) {
> - mutex_unlock(&chip->state_lock);
> + if (ret < 0)
> return ret;
> - }
>
> chip->filter_rate_setup = i;
> - mutex_unlock(&chip->state_lock);
>
> return ret;
> }
>
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