[PATCH] mtd: atmel_nand: fix bug driver will in a dead lock if no nand detected
Nicolas Ferre
nicolas.ferre at atmel.com
Thu Nov 7 05:55:07 EST 2013
On 07/11/2013 11:26, Josh Wu :
> Hi, Brian
>
> On 11/7/2013 4:39 PM, Brian Norris wrote:
>> Hi Josh,
>>
>> On Tue, Nov 05, 2013 at 05:59:07PM +0800, Josh Wu wrote:
>>> In the atmel driver probe function, the code shows like following:
>>> atmel_nand_probe(...) {
>>> ...
>>>
>>> err_nand_ioremap:
>>> platform_driver_unregister(&atmel_nand_nfc_driver);
>>> return res;
>>> }
>>>
>>> If no nand flash detected, the driver probe function will goto
>>> err_nand_ioremap label.
>>> Then platform_driver_unregister() will be called. It will get the
>>> lock of atmel_nand device since it is parent of nfc_device. The
>>> problem is the lock is already hold by atmel_nand_probe itself.
>>> So system will be in a dead lock.
>>>
>>> This patch just simply removed to platform_driver_unregister() call.
>>> When atmel_nand driver is quit the platform_driver_unregister() will
>>> be called in atmel_nand_remove().
>> The real key, here, is that the platform-driver probe() has no business
>> un-registering another driver, right?
>
> right.
>
>> Shouldn't both drivers just be
>> registered/unregistered in the module init/exit, and not in probe()?
>
> currently the NFC driver is registered in the beginning of nand probe
> function. After NFC driver is initialized, the rest of the nand probe
> function
> will check the NFC driver status.
> I am not sure it is proper to registered another driver in a probe().
>
>>
>> Also, should this be marked for -stable?
>
> Shouldn't cc to stable after the patch is merged in mtd mail list?
Whether you add a Cc: tag in your signature location or you send another
patch to the stable mailing list *but* only when the patch is accepted
in Linus' git tree.
You can find the information in
Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt
Bye,
>>> Signed-off-by: Josh Wu <josh.wu at atmel.com>
>>> ---
>>> drivers/mtd/nand/atmel_nand.c | 1 -
>>> 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/atmel_nand.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/atmel_nand.c
>>> index ef9c9f5..469d4e2 100644
>>> --- a/drivers/mtd/nand/atmel_nand.c
>>> +++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/atmel_nand.c
>>> @@ -2142,7 +2142,6 @@ err_no_card:
>>> if (host->dma_chan)
>>> dma_release_channel(host->dma_chan);
>>> err_nand_ioremap:
>>> - platform_driver_unregister(&atmel_nand_nfc_driver);
>>> return res;
>>> }
>>>
>> Brian
>
>
>
--
Nicolas Ferre
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