3.2.64-rc1 review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@xxxxxxx> commit 6726655dfdd2dc60c035c690d9f10cb69d7ea075 upstream. There is a following AB-BA dependency between cpu_hotplug.lock and cpuidle_lock: 1) cpu_hotplug.lock -> cpuidle_lock enable_nonboot_cpus() _cpu_up() cpu_hotplug_begin() LOCK(cpu_hotplug.lock) cpu_notify() ... acpi_processor_hotplug() cpuidle_pause_and_lock() LOCK(cpuidle_lock) 2) cpuidle_lock -> cpu_hotplug.lock acpi_os_execute_deferred() workqueue ... acpi_processor_cst_has_changed() cpuidle_pause_and_lock() LOCK(cpuidle_lock) get_online_cpus() LOCK(cpu_hotplug.lock) Fix this by reversing the order acpi_processor_cst_has_changed() does thigs -- let it first execute the protection against CPU hotplug by calling get_online_cpus() and obtain the cpuidle lock only after that (and perform the symmentric change when allowing CPUs hotplug again and dropping cpuidle lock). Spotted by lockdep. Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) --- a/drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c +++ b/drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c @@ -1165,9 +1165,9 @@ int acpi_processor_cst_has_changed(struc if (smp_processor_id() == 0 && cpuidle_get_driver() == &acpi_idle_driver) { - cpuidle_pause_and_lock(); /* Protect against cpu-hotplug */ get_online_cpus(); + cpuidle_pause_and_lock(); /* Disable all cpuidle devices */ for_each_online_cpu(cpu) { @@ -1192,8 +1192,8 @@ int acpi_processor_cst_has_changed(struc cpuidle_enable_device(&_pr->power.dev); } } - put_online_cpus(); cpuidle_resume_and_unlock(); + put_online_cpus(); } return 0; -- 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