Thread (19 messages) 19 messages, 3 authors, 2011-03-30

[PATCH 1/2] regulator: Remove possible deadlock from regulator_enable

From: Mark Brown <hidden>
Date: 2011-03-28 18:11:48
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On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 08:34:41AM -0700, David Collins wrote:

Review curtailed by me having to dash off but one comment...
-/* locks held by regulator_enable() */
+/* Locks are *not* held by regulator_enable(). */
 static int _regulator_enable(struct regulator_dev *rdev)
 {
-	int ret, delay;
+	struct regulator_dev *supply_rdev = NULL;
+	int ret = 0, delay;
 
+	mutex_lock(&rdev->mutex);
This is going to be terribly confusing - the _ versions of the functions
all by convention rely on their callers taking the mutex, allowing them
to be safely used from internal APIs.  
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