3.10-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Jim Lin <jilin@xxxxxxxxxx> commit db93facfb0ef542aa5d8079e47580b3e669a4d82 upstream. This patch is to fix two deadlock cases. Deadlock 1: CPU #1 pinctrl_register-> pinctrl_get -> create_pinctrl (Holding lock pinctrl_maps_mutex) -> get_pinctrl_dev_from_devname (Trying to acquire lock pinctrldev_list_mutex) CPU #0 pinctrl_unregister (Holding lock pinctrldev_list_mutex) -> pinctrl_put ->> pinctrl_free -> pinctrl_dt_free_maps -> pinctrl_unregister_map (Trying to acquire lock pinctrl_maps_mutex) Simply to say CPU#1 is holding lock A and trying to acquire lock B, CPU#0 is holding lock B and trying to acquire lock A. Deadlock 2: CPU #3 pinctrl_register-> pinctrl_get -> create_pinctrl (Holding lock pinctrl_maps_mutex) -> get_pinctrl_dev_from_devname (Trying to acquire lock pinctrldev_list_mutex) CPU #2 pinctrl_unregister (Holding lock pctldev->mutex) -> pinctrl_put ->> pinctrl_free -> pinctrl_dt_free_maps -> pinctrl_unregister_map (Trying to acquire lock pinctrl_maps_mutex) CPU #0 tegra_gpio_request (Holding lock pinctrldev_list_mutex) -> pinctrl_get_device_gpio_range (Trying to acquire lock pctldev->mutex) Simply to say CPU#3 is holding lock A and trying to acquire lock D, CPU#2 is holding lock B and trying to acquire lock A, CPU#0 is holding lock D and trying to acquire lock B. Signed-off-by: Jim Lin <jilin@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/pinctrl/core.c | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) --- a/drivers/pinctrl/core.c +++ b/drivers/pinctrl/core.c @@ -1693,14 +1693,15 @@ void pinctrl_unregister(struct pinctrl_d if (pctldev == NULL) return; - mutex_lock(&pinctrldev_list_mutex); mutex_lock(&pctldev->mutex); - pinctrl_remove_device_debugfs(pctldev); + mutex_unlock(&pctldev->mutex); if (!IS_ERR(pctldev->p)) pinctrl_put(pctldev->p); + mutex_lock(&pinctrldev_list_mutex); + mutex_lock(&pctldev->mutex); /* TODO: check that no pinmuxes are still active? */ list_del(&pctldev->node); /* Destroy descriptor tree */ -- 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