From: ext Tony Lindgren <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/6] Mailbox: sleeping function called from invalid context fix Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2010 02:05:10 +0100
> * Guzman Lugo, Fernando <[email protected]> [100215 23:22]: >> >> Hi, >> >> >-----Original Message----- >> >From: Hiroshi DOYU [mailto:[email protected]] >> >Sent: Monday, February 15, 2010 7:49 AM >> >To: Guzman Lugo, Fernando >> >Cc: [email protected] >> >Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/6] Mailbox: sleeping function called from invalid >> >context fix >> > >> >Hi Fernando, >> > >> >From: "ext Guzman Lugo, Fernando" <[email protected]> >> >Subject: [PATCH 5/6] Mailbox: sleeping function called from invalid context >> >fix >> >Date: Sat, 13 Feb 2010 02:42:16 +0100 >> > >> >> From e06b2716824f225747c4dc83ed2623d0160ae132 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 >> >> From: Fernando Guzman Lugo <[email protected]> >> >> Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2010 17:12:24 -0600 >> >> Subject: [PATCH] Mailbox: sleeping function called from invalid context >> >fix >> >> >> >> This patch fixes this bug: >> >> BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context >> >> Inside omap2_mbox_startup is called clk_get_sys that can sleep, >> >> therefore omap2_mbox_startup can sleep but it is call in an atomic >> >> context . So the spinlock is change for a semaphore. >> > >> >"mboxes_lock" is used to maintain the global list of mailbox >> >instances, which belong to a single mailbox H/W module, but they are >> >logical channels from S/W perspective. Both "->ops->startup()" and >> >"->ops->shutdown()" are being executed against the above single H/W >> >module, and a mailbox H/W module is totally __independent__ of the >> >registration of logical mailboxes, which are (un)registered with >> >> Yes, they are independent of each other, and can be executed at the same >> time. I am agreed with your patch; that should be the right solution, so you >> can drop my patch. > > Hiroshi & Fernando, if you want me to merge this series, please post > it one more time with right patches and ack's from Hiroshi. Please > Cc also linux-arm-kernel so it gets reviewed there. The merge window > is about to open, so we're running out of time.. Ok, I'll take care of them. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-omap" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
