Hi,

Adding Andrei to CC.  Thanks,

- Chris.

On Wed, Jan 04 2012, Nath, Arindam wrote:
> Hi Chris,
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: [email protected] [mailto:linux-mmc-
>> [email protected]] On Behalf Of Chris Ball
>> Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2012 8:07 PM
>> To: Guennadi Liakhovetski
>> Cc: [email protected]
>> Subject: Re: [PATCH] mmc: fix a deadlock between system suspend and MMC
>> block IO
>> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> On Wed, Jan 04 2012, Guennadi Liakhovetski wrote:
>> > Performing MMC block IO with simultaneous STR can lead to a deadlock:
>> the
>> > mmc_pm_notify() function claims the host and then calls bus .remove()
>> > method, which lands in mmc_blk_remove(), which calls
>> mmc_blk_remove_req()
>> > then it goes to -> mmc_cleanup_queue() -> kthread_stop(), which waits
>> for
>> > the mmc-block thread to stop. If the mmc-block thread at that time is
>> > processing block requests, it will also try to claim the host in
>> > mmc_blk_issue_rq() and block there. This patch fixes the problem by
>> > calling .remove() before claiming the host.
>> >
>> > Signed-off-by: Guennadi Liakhovetski <[email protected]>
>> > ---
>> >  drivers/mmc/core/core.c |    4 ++--
>> >  1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>> >
>> > diff --git a/drivers/mmc/core/core.c b/drivers/mmc/core/core.c
>> > index a2aa860..a68f085 100644
>> > --- a/drivers/mmc/core/core.c
>> > +++ b/drivers/mmc/core/core.c
>> > @@ -2476,11 +2476,11 @@ int mmc_pm_notify(struct notifier_block
>> *notify_block,
>> >            if (!host->bus_ops || host->bus_ops->suspend)
>> >                    break;
>> >
>> > -          mmc_claim_host(host);
>> > -
>> > +          /* On 2 occasions above bus_ops->remove() is called
>> unlocked */
>> >            if (host->bus_ops->remove)
>> >                    host->bus_ops->remove(host);
>> >
>> > +          mmc_claim_host(host);
>> >            mmc_detach_bus(host);
>> >            mmc_power_off(host);
>> >            mmc_release_host(host);
>> 
>> Thanks.  The commit message explanation is very good, but the comment
>> is
>> a bit cryptic.  Shall we make it longer?  I think even just:
>> 
>> /* Calling bus_ops->remove() with a claimed host can deadlock */
>> 
>> would be better.
>
> This patch will actually fix a long standing issue for most of us. But
> if I remember correctly, Andrei had some comments on the same patch
> some time back. Would it be good to include him for comments?

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One Laptop Per Child
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