On Mon, 6 Apr 2009, Gautham R Shenoy wrote: > > If I understand correctly it isn't really a deadlock scenario, but it > > is a lockdep violation. The violation is: > > > > The pci_device_probe() path 2) proves that dpm_list_mtx [4] can > > be acquired while cpu_hotplug.lock [3] is held; > > > > The hibernate() path 3) proves that cpu_hotplug.lock [3] can be > > acquired while dpm_list_mtx [4] is held. > > > > The two pathways cannot run simultaneously (and hence cannot deadlock) > > because the prepare() stage of hibernation is supposed to stop all > > device probing. But lockdep will still report a problem. > > Thanks for clarifying this Alan. I guess it boils down to teaching > lockdep about this false-positive. Or else changing the code somehow to avoid the violation completely. But I have no idea how... And AFAIK, teaching lockdep about special cases like this is not so easy to do. Alan Stern _______________________________________________ linux-pm mailing list linux-pm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-pm
