This patch tries to fix lockdep complaint attached below. It seems that we should always read acquire the cpufreq_rwsem, whether CONFIG_SMP is enabled or not. And CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU depends on CONFIG_SMP, so it seems we don't need CONFIG_SMP for the code enabled by CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU. [ 0.504191] ===================================== [ 0.504627] [ BUG: bad unlock balance detected! ] [ 0.504627] 3.11.0-rc6-next-20130819 #1 Not tainted [ 0.504627] ------------------------------------- [ 0.504627] swapper/1 is trying to release lock (cpufreq_rwsem) at: [ 0.504627] [<ffffffff813d927a>] cpufreq_add_dev+0x13a/0x3e0 [ 0.504627] but there are no more locks to release! [ 0.504627] [ 0.504627] other info that might help us debug this: [ 0.504627] 1 lock held by swapper/1: [ 0.504627] #0: (subsys mutex#4){+.+.+.}, at: [<ffffffff8134a7bf>] subsys_interface_register+0x4f/0xe0 [ 0.504627] [ 0.504627] stack backtrace: [ 0.504627] CPU: 0 PID: 1 Comm: swapper Not tainted 3.11.0-rc6-next-20130819 #1 [ 0.504627] Hardware name: Bochs Bochs, BIOS Bochs 01/01/2007 [ 0.504627] ffffffff813d927a ffff88007f847c98 ffffffff814c062b ffff88007f847cc8 [ 0.504627] ffffffff81098bce ffff88007f847cf8 ffffffff81aadc30 ffffffff813d927a [ 0.504627] 00000000ffffffff ffff88007f847d68 ffffffff8109d0be 0000000000000006 [ 0.504627] Call Trace: [ 0.504627] [<ffffffff813d927a>] ? cpufreq_add_dev+0x13a/0x3e0 [ 0.504627] [<ffffffff814c062b>] dump_stack+0x19/0x1b [ 0.504627] [<ffffffff81098bce>] print_unlock_imbalance_bug+0xfe/0x110 [ 0.504627] [<ffffffff813d927a>] ? cpufreq_add_dev+0x13a/0x3e0 [ 0.504627] [<ffffffff8109d0be>] lock_release_non_nested+0x1ee/0x310 [ 0.504627] [<ffffffff81099d0e>] ? mark_held_locks+0xae/0x120 [ 0.504627] [<ffffffff811510cb>] ? kfree+0xcb/0x1d0 [ 0.504627] [<ffffffff813d77ea>] ? cpufreq_policy_free+0x4a/0x60 [ 0.504627] [<ffffffff813d927a>] ? cpufreq_add_dev+0x13a/0x3e0 [ 0.504627] [<ffffffff8109d2a4>] lock_release+0xc4/0x250 [ 0.504627] [<ffffffff8106c9f3>] up_read+0x23/0x40 [ 0.504627] [<ffffffff813d927a>] cpufreq_add_dev+0x13a/0x3e0 [ 0.504627] [<ffffffff8134a809>] subsys_interface_register+0x99/0xe0 [ 0.504627] [<ffffffff81b19f3b>] ? cpufreq_gov_dbs_init+0x12/0x12 [ 0.504627] [<ffffffff813d7f0d>] cpufreq_register_driver+0x9d/0x1d0 [ 0.504627] [<ffffffff81b19f3b>] ? cpufreq_gov_dbs_init+0x12/0x12 [ 0.504627] [<ffffffff81b1a039>] acpi_cpufreq_init+0xfe/0x1f8 [ 0.504627] [<ffffffff810002ba>] do_one_initcall+0xda/0x180 [ 0.504627] [<ffffffff81ae301e>] kernel_init_freeable+0x12c/0x1bb [ 0.504627] [<ffffffff81ae2841>] ? do_early_param+0x8c/0x8c [ 0.504627] [<ffffffff814b4dd0>] ? rest_init+0x140/0x140 [ 0.504627] [<ffffffff814b4dde>] kernel_init+0xe/0xf0 [ 0.504627] [<ffffffff814d029a>] ret_from_fork+0x7a/0xb0 [ 0.504627] [<ffffffff814b4dd0>] ? rest_init+0x140/0x140 Signed-off-by: Li Zhong <zhong@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c index c0ef84d..8408957 100644 --- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c +++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c @@ -986,6 +986,7 @@ static int __cpufreq_add_dev(struct device *dev, struct subsys_interface *sif, cpufreq_cpu_put(policy); return 0; } +#endif if (!down_read_trylock(&cpufreq_rwsem)) return 0; @@ -1004,7 +1005,6 @@ static int __cpufreq_add_dev(struct device *dev, struct subsys_interface *sif, } read_unlock_irqrestore(&cpufreq_driver_lock, flags); #endif -#endif if (frozen) /* Restore the saved policy when doing light-weight init */ -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-next" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html