3.16-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Lan Tianyu <tianyu.lan@xxxxxxxxx> commit 236105db632c6279a020f78c83e22eaef746006b upstream. Currently, notify callbacks for fixed button events are run from interrupt context. That is not necessary and after commit 0bf6368ee8f2 (ACPI / button: Add ACPI Button event via netlink routine) it causes netlink routines to be called from interrupt context which is not correct. Also, that is different from non-fixed device events (including non-fixed button events) whose notify callbacks are all executed from process context. For the above reasons, make fixed button device notify callbacks run in process context which will avoid the deadlock when using netlink to report button events to user space. Fixes: 0bf6368ee8f2 (ACPI / button: Add ACPI Button event via netlink routine) Link: https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/8/21/606 Reported-by: Benjamin Block <bebl@xxxxxxxxxx> Reported-by: Knut Petersen <Knut_Petersen@xxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Lan Tianyu <tianyu.lan@xxxxxxxxx> [rjw: Function names, subject and changelog.] Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/acpi/scan.c | 15 ++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) --- a/drivers/acpi/scan.c +++ b/drivers/acpi/scan.c @@ -920,12 +920,17 @@ static void acpi_device_notify(acpi_hand device->driver->ops.notify(device, event); } -static acpi_status acpi_device_notify_fixed(void *data) +static void acpi_device_notify_fixed(void *data) { struct acpi_device *device = data; /* Fixed hardware devices have no handles */ acpi_device_notify(NULL, ACPI_FIXED_HARDWARE_EVENT, device); +} + +static acpi_status acpi_device_fixed_event(void *data) +{ + acpi_os_execute(OSL_NOTIFY_HANDLER, acpi_device_notify_fixed, data); return AE_OK; } @@ -936,12 +941,12 @@ static int acpi_device_install_notify_ha if (device->device_type == ACPI_BUS_TYPE_POWER_BUTTON) status = acpi_install_fixed_event_handler(ACPI_EVENT_POWER_BUTTON, - acpi_device_notify_fixed, + acpi_device_fixed_event, device); else if (device->device_type == ACPI_BUS_TYPE_SLEEP_BUTTON) status = acpi_install_fixed_event_handler(ACPI_EVENT_SLEEP_BUTTON, - acpi_device_notify_fixed, + acpi_device_fixed_event, device); else status = acpi_install_notify_handler(device->handle, @@ -958,10 +963,10 @@ static void acpi_device_remove_notify_ha { if (device->device_type == ACPI_BUS_TYPE_POWER_BUTTON) acpi_remove_fixed_event_handler(ACPI_EVENT_POWER_BUTTON, - acpi_device_notify_fixed); + acpi_device_fixed_event); else if (device->device_type == ACPI_BUS_TYPE_SLEEP_BUTTON) acpi_remove_fixed_event_handler(ACPI_EVENT_SLEEP_BUTTON, - acpi_device_notify_fixed); + acpi_device_fixed_event); else acpi_remove_notify_handler(device->handle, ACPI_DEVICE_NOTIFY, acpi_device_notify); -- 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