On Wed, 22 Aug 2012, Michael Grzeschik wrote: > On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 12:20:11AM +0200, Michael Grzeschik wrote: > > The lockdep hunter mentions a non consistent usage of spin_lock and > > spin_lock_irqsafe in the composite_disconnect and usb_function_activate > > function: > > > > [ 15.700897] ================================= > > [ 15.705255] [ INFO: inconsistent lock state ] > > [ 15.709617] 3.5.0-rc5+ #413 Not tainted > > [ 15.713453] --------------------------------- > > [ 15.717812] inconsistent {HARDIRQ-ON-W} -> {IN-HARDIRQ-W} usage. > > [ 15.723822] uvc-gadget/116 [HC1[1]:SC0[0]:HE0:SE1] takes: > > [ 15.729222] (&(&cdev->lock)->rlock){?.+...}, at: [<7f0049e8>] composite_disconnect+0x2c/0x74 [g_webcam] > > [ 15.738797] {HARDIRQ-ON-W} state was registered at: > > [ 15.743677] [<8006de3c>] mark_lock+0x148/0x688 > > [ 15.748325] [<8006ecb0>] __lock_acquire+0x934/0x1b74 > > [ 15.753481] [<8007047c>] lock_acquire+0x98/0x138 > > [ 15.758288] [<804c776c>] _raw_spin_lock+0x4c/0x84 > > [ 15.763188] [<7f006ae4>] usb_function_activate+0x28/0x94 [g_webcam] > > [ 15.769652] [<7f00820c>] usb_ep_autoconfig_reset+0x78/0x98 [g_webcam] > > [ 15.776287] [<7f0082a4>] uvc_v4l2_open+0x78/0x94 [g_webcam] > > --- a/drivers/usb/gadget/composite.c > > +++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/composite.c > > @@ -300,9 +300,10 @@ int usb_function_deactivate(struct usb_function *function) > > int usb_function_activate(struct usb_function *function) > > { > > struct usb_composite_dev *cdev = function->config->cdev; > > + unsigned long flags; > > int status = 0; > > > > - spin_lock(&cdev->lock); > > + spin_lock_irqsave(&cdev->lock, flags); > > > > if (WARN_ON(cdev->deactivations == 0)) > > status = -EINVAL; > > @@ -312,7 +313,7 @@ int usb_function_activate(struct usb_function *function) > > status = usb_gadget_connect(cdev->gadget); > > } > > > > - spin_unlock(&cdev->lock); > > + spin_unlock_irqrestore(&cdev->lock, flags); > > return status; > > } Wouldn't it be better to fix the uvc-gadget driver to avoid calling these functions in interrupt context? Or have I misunderstood the flow of control? Alan Stern -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-usb" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html