Re: [PATCH] [media] lirc_zilog: fix spinning rx thread

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Jarod Wilson <jarod@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>We were calling schedule_timeout with the rx thread's task state still
>at TASK_RUNNING, which it shouldn't be. Make sure we call
>set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE) *before* schedule_timeout, and
>we're all good here. I believe this problem was mistakenly introduced
>in
>commit 5bd6b0464b68d429bc8a3fe6595d19c39dfc4d95, and I'm not sure how I
>missed it before, as I swear I tested the patchset that was included
>in,
>but alas, stuff happens...
>
>CC: Andy Walls <awalls@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>CC: stable@xxxxxxxxxx
>Signed-off-by: Jarod Wilson <jarod@xxxxxxxxxx>
>---
> drivers/staging/lirc/lirc_zilog.c |    4 ++--
> 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
>diff --git a/drivers/staging/lirc/lirc_zilog.c
>b/drivers/staging/lirc/lirc_zilog.c
>index dd6a57c..4e051f6 100644
>--- a/drivers/staging/lirc/lirc_zilog.c
>+++ b/drivers/staging/lirc/lirc_zilog.c
>@@ -475,14 +475,14 @@ static int lirc_thread(void *arg)
> 	dprintk("poll thread started\n");
> 
> 	while (!kthread_should_stop()) {
>+		set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
>+
> 		/* if device not opened, we can sleep half a second */
> 		if (atomic_read(&ir->open_count) == 0) {
> 			schedule_timeout(HZ/2);
> 			continue;
> 		}
> 
>-		set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
>-
> 		/*
> 		 * This is ~113*2 + 24 + jitter (2*repeat gap + code length).
> 		 * We use this interval as the chip resets every time you poll
>-- 
>1.7.1
>
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Acked-by: Andy Walls <awalls@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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