The driver may sleep under a spin lock, and the function call path is: snd_ivtv_pcm_hw_free (acquire the lock by spin_lock_irqsave) vfree --> may sleep To fix it, the "substream->runtime->dma_area" is passed to a temporary value, and mark it NULL when holding the lock. The memory is freed by vfree through the temporary value outside the lock holding. Signed-off-by: Jia-Ju Bai <baijiaju1990@xxxxxxx> --- drivers/media/pci/ivtv/ivtv-alsa-pcm.c | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/media/pci/ivtv/ivtv-alsa-pcm.c b/drivers/media/pci/ivtv/ivtv-alsa-pcm.c index 807ead2..a692554 100644 --- a/drivers/media/pci/ivtv/ivtv-alsa-pcm.c +++ b/drivers/media/pci/ivtv/ivtv-alsa-pcm.c @@ -262,14 +262,17 @@ static int snd_ivtv_pcm_hw_free(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream) { struct snd_ivtv_card *itvsc = snd_pcm_substream_chip(substream); unsigned long flags; + unsigned char *dma_area = NULL; spin_lock_irqsave(&itvsc->slock, flags); if (substream->runtime->dma_area) { dprintk("freeing pcm capture region\n"); - vfree(substream->runtime->dma_area); + dma_area = substream->runtime->dma_area; substream->runtime->dma_area = NULL; } spin_unlock_irqrestore(&itvsc->slock, flags); + if (dma_area) + vfree(dma_area); return 0; } -- 1.7.9.5