Em Fri, 27 Apr 2018 16:25:08 +0200 Olli Salonen <olli.salonen@xxxxxx> escreveu: > Thanks for the suggestion Antti. > > I've tried to add a delay in various places, but haven't seen any > improvement. However, what I did saw was that if I added an msleep > after the lock: > > static int dvbsky_usb_generic_rw(struct dvb_usb_device *d, > u8 *wbuf, u16 wlen, u8 *rbuf, u16 rlen) > { > int ret; > struct dvbsky_state *state = d_to_priv(d); > > mutex_lock(&d->usb_mutex); > msleep(20); > > The error was seen very within a minute. If I increased the msleep to > 50, it failed within seconds. This doesn't seem to make sense to me. > This is the only function where usb_mutex is used. If the mutex is > held for a longer time, the next attempt to lock the mutex should just > be delayed a bit, no? I don't like the idea of having two mutexes there to protect reading/writing to data one for "generic" r/w ops, and another one just for streaming control, with ends by calling the "generic" mutex. IMHO, I would get rid of one of the mutexes, e. g. something like the patch below (untested). Regards, Mauro media: dvbsky: use just one mutex for serializing device R/W ops Right now, there are two mutexes serializing r/w ops: one "generic" and another one specifically for stream on/off. Clean it a little bit, getting rid of one of the mutexes. Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+samsung@xxxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb-v2/dvbsky.c b/drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb-v2/dvbsky.c index 43eb82884555..50553975c39d 100644 --- a/drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb-v2/dvbsky.c +++ b/drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb-v2/dvbsky.c @@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(disable_rc, "Disable inbuilt IR receiver."); DVB_DEFINE_MOD_OPT_ADAPTER_NR(adapter_nr); struct dvbsky_state { - struct mutex stream_mutex; u8 ibuf[DVBSKY_BUF_LEN]; u8 obuf[DVBSKY_BUF_LEN]; u8 last_lock; @@ -68,18 +67,17 @@ static int dvbsky_usb_generic_rw(struct dvb_usb_device *d, static int dvbsky_stream_ctrl(struct dvb_usb_device *d, u8 onoff) { - struct dvbsky_state *state = d_to_priv(d); int ret; - u8 obuf_pre[3] = { 0x37, 0, 0 }; - u8 obuf_post[3] = { 0x36, 3, 0 }; + static u8 obuf_pre[3] = { 0x37, 0, 0 }; + static u8 obuf_post[3] = { 0x36, 3, 0 }; - mutex_lock(&state->stream_mutex); - ret = dvbsky_usb_generic_rw(d, obuf_pre, 3, NULL, 0); + mutex_lock(&d->usb_mutex); + ret = dvb_usbv2_generic_rw_locked(d, obuf_pre, 3, NULL, 0); if (!ret && onoff) { msleep(20); - ret = dvbsky_usb_generic_rw(d, obuf_post, 3, NULL, 0); + ret = dvb_usbv2_generic_rw_locked(d, obuf_post, 3, NULL, 0); } - mutex_unlock(&state->stream_mutex); + mutex_unlock(&d->usb_mutex); return ret; } @@ -744,8 +742,6 @@ static int dvbsky_init(struct dvb_usb_device *d) if (ret) return ret; */ - mutex_init(&state->stream_mutex); - state->last_lock = 0; return 0; Thanks, Mauro