Hi, On Tue, Nov 22 2011, Sujit Reddy Thumma wrote: > mmc_suspend_host() tries to claim host during suspend > and release it only when the bus suspend operation is > compeleted. If CONFIG_MMC_UNSAFE_RESUME is defined and > the host is flagged as removable, mmc_suspend_host() > tries to remove the card. In this process, the file system > sync can get blocked trying to acquire host which is already > claimed by mmc_suspend_host() causing deadlock. > > Fix this deadlock by releasing host before ->remove() is called. > > Signed-off-by: Sujit Reddy Thumma <sthumma@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > --- > Changes in v2: > - Addressed review comment from Ulf Hansson. > --- > drivers/mmc/core/core.c | 3 ++- > 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/mmc/core/core.c b/drivers/mmc/core/core.c > index 271efea..950b97d 100644 > --- a/drivers/mmc/core/core.c > +++ b/drivers/mmc/core/core.c > @@ -2333,6 +2333,8 @@ int mmc_suspend_host(struct mmc_host *host) > mmc_poweroff_notify(host); > err = host->bus_ops->suspend(host); > } > + mmc_do_release_host(host); > + > if (err == -ENOSYS || !host->bus_ops->resume) { > /* > * We simply "remove" the card in this case. > @@ -2347,7 +2349,6 @@ int mmc_suspend_host(struct mmc_host *host) > host->pm_flags = 0; > err = 0; > } > - mmc_do_release_host(host); > } else { > err = -EBUSY; > } Thanks very much, pushed to mmc-next for 3.2 with ACKs from Ulf and Linus. - Chris. -- Chris Ball <cjb@xxxxxxxxxx> <http://printf.net/> One Laptop Per Child -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-mmc" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html