Re: [PATCH] net/usbnet: avoid recursive locking in usbnet_stop()

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* Oliver Neukum | 2012-02-20 17:21:38 [+0100]:

>Am Montag, 20. Februar 2012, 17:01:48 schrieb Sebastian Andrzej Siewior:
>> |kernel BUG at kernel/rtmutex.c:724!
>> |[<c029599c>] (rt_spin_lock_slowlock+0x108/0x2bc) from [<c01c2330>] (defer_bh+0x1c/0xb4)
>> |[<c01c2330>] (defer_bh+0x1c/0xb4) from [<c01c3afc>] (rx_complete+0x14c/0x194)
>> |[<c01c3afc>] (rx_complete+0x14c/0x194) from [<c01cac88>] (usb_hcd_giveback_urb+0xa0/0xf0)
>> |[<c01cac88>] (usb_hcd_giveback_urb+0xa0/0xf0) from [<c01e1ff4>] (musb_giveback+0x34/0x40)
>> |[<c01e1ff4>] (musb_giveback+0x34/0x40) from [<c01e2b1c>] (musb_advance_schedule+0xb4/0x1c0)
>> |[<c01e2b1c>] (musb_advance_schedule+0xb4/0x1c0) from [<c01e2ca8>] (musb_cleanup_urb.isra.9+0x80/0x8c)
>> |[<c01e2ca8>] (musb_cleanup_urb.isra.9+0x80/0x8c) from [<c01e2ed0>] (musb_urb_dequeue+0xec/0x108)
>> |[<c01e2ed0>] (musb_urb_dequeue+0xec/0x108) from [<c01cbb90>] (unlink1+0xbc/0xcc)
>> |[<c01cbb90>] (unlink1+0xbc/0xcc) from [<c01cc2ec>] (usb_hcd_unlink_urb+0x54/0xa8)
>> |[<c01cc2ec>] (usb_hcd_unlink_urb+0x54/0xa8) from [<c01c2a84>] (unlink_urbs.isra.17+0x2c/0x58)
>> |[<c01c2a84>] (unlink_urbs.isra.17+0x2c/0x58) from [<c01c2b44>] (usbnet_terminate_urbs+0x94/0x10c)
>> |[<c01c2b44>] (usbnet_terminate_urbs+0x94/0x10c) from [<c01c2d68>] (usbnet_stop+0x100/0x15c)
>> |[<c01c2d68>] (usbnet_stop+0x100/0x15c) from [<c020f718>] (__dev_close_many+0x94/0xc8)
>> 
>> defer_bh() takes the lok which is hold during unlink_urbs(). The safe
>> walk suggest that the skb will be removed from the list and this is done
>> by defer_bh() so it seems to be okay to drop the lock here.
>
>I am afraid there's something wrong in the hcd driver. Async unlink must
>be possible with a lock held. I cannot approve this patch.

This argument is no longer valid, the documentation has been updated
[0].
Is it okay for the patch to be merged?

[0] http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/gregkh/usb.git;a=commitdiff;h=371f3b49f2cb1a8b6ac09b6b108841ca92349eb1;hp=2a5be8783e0016d15e7907ddd212b2c312e196eb

>	Regards
>		Oliver

Sebastian
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