Don't acquire ashmem_mutex in ashmem_shrink if we've somehow recursed into the shrinker code from within ashmem. Just bail out, avoiding a deadlock. This is fine, as ashmem cache pruning is advisory anyhow. Signed-off-by: Robert Love <rlove@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/staging/android/ashmem.c | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/android/ashmem.c b/drivers/staging/android/ashmem.c index 634b9ae..a057cf3 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/android/ashmem.c +++ b/drivers/staging/android/ashmem.c @@ -363,7 +363,11 @@ static int ashmem_shrink(struct shrinker *s, struct shrink_control *sc) if (!sc->nr_to_scan) return lru_count; - mutex_lock(&ashmem_mutex); + /* avoid recursing into this code from within ashmem itself */ + if (!mutex_trylock(&ashmem_mutex)) { + return -1; + } + list_for_each_entry_safe(range, next, &ashmem_lru_list, lru) { loff_t start = range->pgstart * PAGE_SIZE; loff_t end = (range->pgend + 1) * PAGE_SIZE; -- 1.8.2.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html