From: liu chuansheng <chuansheng.liu@xxxxxxxxx> Subject: [PATCH] i2c_dw: deadlock happening when system is trying to suspend In i2c_dw code, there is a race condition that causes pm suspend thread blocking there always. The scenerio is as below: PM thread: suspend --> pm_suspend --> enter_state --> dpm_suspend_start(will call i2c_dw_pci_suspend(), and the dw_i2c_dev->lock is hold) ... suspend_enter --> dpm_suspend_noirq --> suspend_device_irqs --> synchronize_irq() synchronize_irq will wait for any pending irq is handled, and the correpsonding irq thread is finished. In this case, there is a i2c device interrupt is pending, the irq thread do the below things: IRQ thread: i2c_smbus_read_byte_data --> i2c_smbus_xfer --> i2c_transfer --> i2c_dw_xfer --> down() The irq thread blocked at down dw_i2c_dev->lock, because in PM thread, it has been hold after calling i2c_dw_pci_suspend(), but PM thread is waiting for IRQ thread, then deadlock happened. The solution is moving the down() action after pm_runtime_get_sync(). Signed-off-by: liu chuansheng <chuansheng.liu@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-designware-core.c | 2 +- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-designware-core.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-designware-core.c index 1e48bec..748ecb1 100644 --- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-designware-core.c +++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-designware-core.c @@ -512,8 +512,8 @@ i2c_dw_xfer(struct i2c_adapter *adap, struct i2c_msg msgs[], int num) dev_dbg(dev->dev, "%s: msgs: %d\n", __func__, num); - mutex_lock(&dev->lock); pm_runtime_get_sync(dev->dev); + mutex_lock(&dev->lock); INIT_COMPLETION(dev->cmd_complete); dev->msgs = msgs; -- 1.7.0.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-i2c" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html