Hi Pete,
On 11/01/2013 07:54 PM, Pete Eberlein wrote:
> The patch "videobuf_vm_{open,close} race fixes"
> https://linuxtv.org/patch/18365/ introduced a deadlock in 3.11.
>
> My driver uses videobuf_vmalloc initialized with ext_lock set to NULL.
Which driver are we talking about?
> My driver's mmap function calls videobuf_mmap_mapper
> videobuf_mmap_mapper calls videobuf_queue_lock on q
> videobuf_mmap_mapper calls __videobuf_mmap_mapper
> __videobuf_mmap_mapper calls videobuf_vm_open
> videobuf_vm_open calls videobuf_queue_lock on q (introduced by above patch)
> deadlocked
>
> This is not an issue if ext_lock is non-NULL, since videobuf_queue_lock
> is a no-op in that case.
>
> Did I do something wrong, or is this a valid regression?
I think this is a valid regression. Using an atomic_t for the count is a better
solution IMHO. Anyone up for writing a patch?
Locking in videobuf is very messy and I recommend moving to videobuf2 which is
much more reliable and much easier to understand as well.
Regards,
Hans
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