The patch titled input: change timer function to workqueue for gpio_keys driver has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is input-change-timer-function-to-workqueue-for-gpio_keys-driver.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** See http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find out what to do about this The current -mm tree may be found at http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/ ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: input: change timer function to workqueue for gpio_keys driver From: Alek Du <alek.du@xxxxxxxxx> The gpio_get_value function of I2C/SPI GPIO expander may sleep thus this function call can not be called in a timer function. Signed-off-by: Alek Du <alek.du@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/input/keyboard/gpio_keys.c | 32 +++++++++++---------------- 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-) diff -puN drivers/input/keyboard/gpio_keys.c~input-change-timer-function-to-workqueue-for-gpio_keys-driver drivers/input/keyboard/gpio_keys.c --- a/drivers/input/keyboard/gpio_keys.c~input-change-timer-function-to-workqueue-for-gpio_keys-driver +++ a/drivers/input/keyboard/gpio_keys.c @@ -22,13 +22,17 @@ #include <linux/platform_device.h> #include <linux/input.h> #include <linux/gpio_keys.h> +#include <linux/workqueue.h> #include <asm/gpio.h> struct gpio_button_data { struct gpio_keys_button *button; struct input_dev *input; - struct timer_list timer; +/* Change timer func to workqueue func due to the fact that gpio_get_value + * may sleep for some i2c and spi GPIO expander + */ + struct delayed_work work; }; struct gpio_keys_drvdata { @@ -36,8 +40,10 @@ struct gpio_keys_drvdata { struct gpio_button_data data[0]; }; -static void gpio_keys_report_event(struct gpio_button_data *bdata) +static void gpio_keys_report_event(struct work_struct *work) { + struct gpio_button_data *bdata = container_of(work, + struct gpio_button_data, work.work); struct gpio_keys_button *button = bdata->button; struct input_dev *input = bdata->input; unsigned int type = button->type ?: EV_KEY; @@ -47,13 +53,6 @@ static void gpio_keys_report_event(struc input_sync(input); } -static void gpio_check_button(unsigned long _data) -{ - struct gpio_button_data *data = (struct gpio_button_data *)_data; - - gpio_keys_report_event(data); -} - static irqreturn_t gpio_keys_isr(int irq, void *dev_id) { struct gpio_button_data *bdata = dev_id; @@ -62,10 +61,10 @@ static irqreturn_t gpio_keys_isr(int irq BUG_ON(irq != gpio_to_irq(button->gpio)); if (button->debounce_interval) - mod_timer(&bdata->timer, - jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(button->debounce_interval)); + schedule_delayed_work(&bdata->work, + msecs_to_jiffies(button->debounce_interval)); else - gpio_keys_report_event(bdata); + schedule_work(&bdata->work.work); return IRQ_HANDLED; } @@ -112,8 +111,7 @@ static int __devinit gpio_keys_probe(str bdata->input = input; bdata->button = button; - setup_timer(&bdata->timer, - gpio_check_button, (unsigned long)bdata); + INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&bdata->work, gpio_keys_report_event); error = gpio_request(button->gpio, button->desc ?: "gpio_keys"); if (error < 0) { @@ -172,8 +170,7 @@ static int __devinit gpio_keys_probe(str fail2: while (--i >= 0) { free_irq(gpio_to_irq(pdata->buttons[i].gpio), &ddata->data[i]); - if (pdata->buttons[i].debounce_interval) - del_timer_sync(&ddata->data[i].timer); + cancel_delayed_work_sync(&ddata->data[i].work); gpio_free(pdata->buttons[i].gpio); } @@ -197,8 +194,7 @@ static int __devexit gpio_keys_remove(st for (i = 0; i < pdata->nbuttons; i++) { int irq = gpio_to_irq(pdata->buttons[i].gpio); free_irq(irq, &ddata->data[i]); - if (pdata->buttons[i].debounce_interval) - del_timer_sync(&ddata->data[i].timer); + cancel_delayed_work_sync(&ddata->data[i].work); gpio_free(pdata->buttons[i].gpio); } _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from alek.du@xxxxxxxxx are input-change-timer-function-to-workqueue-for-gpio_keys-driver.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html