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pinctrl: Fix two deadlocks
commit db93fac 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@nvidia.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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drivers/pinctrl/core.c

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@@ -1812,14 +1812,15 @@ void pinctrl_unregister(struct pinctrl_dev *pctldev)
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if (pctldev == NULL)
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return;
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mutex_lock(&pinctrldev_list_mutex);
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mutex_lock(&pctldev->mutex);
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pinctrl_remove_device_debugfs(pctldev);
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mutex_unlock(&pctldev->mutex);
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if (!IS_ERR(pctldev->p))
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pinctrl_put(pctldev->p);
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mutex_lock(&pinctrldev_list_mutex);
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mutex_lock(&pctldev->mutex);
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/* TODO: check that no pinmuxes are still active? */
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list_del(&pctldev->node);
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/* Destroy descriptor tree */

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