On 03/07/2018 03:10 PM, Mark Brown wrote:
On Wed, Mar 07, 2018 at 01:57:12PM +0100, Maciej Purski wrote:
I'm trying to figure out what is so special about these boards. The only
strange thing, that I haven't noticed at first, is that all regulators share
a common supply - dummy regulator. It is defined in anatop_regulator.c.
No, that's a regulator framework thing - the regulator framework will
use the dummy regulator as a supply when there's nothing described in
the DT so long as the client doesn't explicitly tell it that the supply
might be optional.
Ok, thanks for explanation. I think I have found a possibly dangerous scenario,
but I can't see this situation possible in Fabio's case.
Assume, that we have a chain of supplies, consisting of at least 3. Say: A->B->C.
When we're setting voltage on A, we lock it, call balance_voltage(), lock
suppliers and call set_voltage_rdev(). So we have regulators A, B, C locked.
Then set_voltage_rdev() is trying to set voltage of its supply by calling
set_voltage_unlocked().
Now we're on the regulator B. Set_voltage_unlocked() calls balance_voltage(),
which again locks its supplies, if they exist. B's supply is C, so we end up
with having a deadlock on regulator C.
Tony and Fabio, do you find this scenario possible on your boards?
Best regards
Maciej Purski
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