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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_conservative.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_conservative.c | 27 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_conservative.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_conservative.c index 7fc58af748b..58889f26029 100644 --- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_conservative.c +++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_conservative.c @@ -70,15 +70,10 @@ static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct cpu_dbs_info_s, cpu_dbs_info); static unsigned int dbs_enable; /* number of CPUs using this policy */ /* - * DEADLOCK ALERT! There is a ordering requirement between cpu_hotplug - * lock and dbs_mutex. cpu_hotplug lock should always be held before - * dbs_mutex. If any function that can potentially take cpu_hotplug lock - * (like __cpufreq_driver_target()) is being called with dbs_mutex taken, then - * cpu_hotplug lock should be taken before that. Note that cpu_hotplug lock - * is recursive for the same process. -Venki - * DEADLOCK ALERT! (2) : do_dbs_timer() must not take the dbs_mutex, because it - * would deadlock with cancel_delayed_work_sync(), which is needed for proper - * raceless workqueue teardown. + * dbs_mutex protects data in dbs_tuners_ins from concurrent changes on + * different CPUs. It protects dbs_enable in governor start/stop. It also + * serializes governor limit_change with do_dbs_timer. We do not want + * do_dbs_timer to run when user is changing the governor or limits. */ static DEFINE_MUTEX(dbs_mutex); @@ -488,18 +483,17 @@ static void do_dbs_timer(struct work_struct *work) delay -= jiffies % delay; - if (lock_policy_rwsem_write(cpu) < 0) - return; + mutex_lock(&dbs_mutex); if (!dbs_info->enable) { - unlock_policy_rwsem_write(cpu); + mutex_unlock(&dbs_mutex); return; } dbs_check_cpu(dbs_info); queue_delayed_work_on(cpu, kconservative_wq, &dbs_info->work, delay); - unlock_policy_rwsem_write(cpu); + mutex_unlock(&dbs_mutex); } static inline void dbs_timer_init(struct cpu_dbs_info_s *dbs_info) @@ -590,15 +584,16 @@ static int cpufreq_governor_dbs(struct cpufreq_policy *policy, &dbs_cpufreq_notifier_block, CPUFREQ_TRANSITION_NOTIFIER); } - dbs_timer_init(this_dbs_info); - mutex_unlock(&dbs_mutex); + dbs_timer_init(this_dbs_info); + break; case CPUFREQ_GOV_STOP: - mutex_lock(&dbs_mutex); dbs_timer_exit(this_dbs_info); + + mutex_lock(&dbs_mutex); sysfs_remove_group(&policy->kobj, &dbs_attr_group); dbs_enable--; |