There is a deadlock in oxu_bus_suspend(), which is shown below: (Thread 1) | (Thread 2) | timer_action() oxu_bus_suspend() | mod_timer() spin_lock_irq() //(1) | (wait a time) ... | oxu_watchdog() del_timer_sync() | spin_lock_irq() //(2) (wait timer to stop) | ... We hold oxu->lock in position (1) of thread 1, and use del_timer_sync() to wait timer to stop, but timer handler also need oxu->lock in position (2) of thread 2. As a result, oxu_bus_suspend() will block forever. This patch extracts del_timer_sync() from the protection of spin_lock_irq(), which could let timer handler to obtain the needed lock. Signed-off-by: Duoming Zhou <duoming@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/usb/host/oxu210hp-hcd.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/usb/host/oxu210hp-hcd.c b/drivers/usb/host/oxu210hp-hcd.c index b741670525e..ee403df3309 100644 --- a/drivers/usb/host/oxu210hp-hcd.c +++ b/drivers/usb/host/oxu210hp-hcd.c @@ -3909,8 +3909,10 @@ static int oxu_bus_suspend(struct usb_hcd *hcd) } } + spin_unlock_irq(&oxu->lock); /* turn off now-idle HC */ del_timer_sync(&oxu->watchdog); + spin_lock_irq(&oxu->lock); ehci_halt(oxu); hcd->state = HC_STATE_SUSPENDED; -- 2.17.1