[PATCH] cpufreq: mediatek: Fix potential deadlock problem in mtk_cpufreq_set_target

Jiabing Wan wanjiabing at vivo.com
Tue May 10 01:58:17 PDT 2022



On 2022/5/10 16:50, Viresh Kumar wrote:
> On 10-05-22, 16:26, Jiabing Wan wrote:
>> Hi, Viresh Kumar
>>
>> On 2022/5/10 16:12, Viresh Kumar wrote:
>>> On 10-05-22, 16:01, Wan Jiabing wrote:
>>>> Fix following coccichek error:
>>>> ./drivers/cpufreq/mediatek-cpufreq.c:199:2-8: preceding lock on line
>>>> ./drivers/cpufreq/mediatek-cpufreq.c:208:2-8: preceding lock on line
>>>>
>>>> mutex_lock is acquired but not released before return.
>>>> Use 'goto out' to help releasing the mutex_lock.
>>>>
>>>> Fixes: c210063b40ac ("cupful: mediatek: Add opp notification support")
>>> cupful ??
>> Sorry for the typo...
> Did you write this line by hand or generate it with Git ? There shouldn't be a
> typo here.

Yes, I write this line by hand.
There must be something wrong when copying the subject line.

Maybe I should find some tools in git to avoid it in the future.
>> By the way, is this patch correct?
>>
>> I am not sure whether it should return with the mutex_lock.
>> But IMO, it should release the lock before return.
> Yes, we need to release the lock.
OK, I'll fix it in v2.

Thanks,
Wan Jiabing




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