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    [PATCH] Fix deadlocks on dpm_sem · 46c94ace
    Andrew Morton authored
    From: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
    
    Currently the device_pm_foo() functions are rather prone to deadlocks
    during suspend/resume.  This is because the dpm_sem is held for the
    duration of device_suspend() and device_resume() as well as device_pm_add()
    and device_pm_remove().  If for any reason you get a device addition or
    removal triggered by a device's suspend or resume code, you get a deadlock.
     (The classic example is a USB host adaptor resuming and discovering that
    the mouse you used to have plugged in has gone away.)
    
    This patch fixes the problem by using a separate semaphore, called
    dpm_list_sem, to cover the places where we need the device pm lists to be
    stable, and by being careful about how we traverse the lists on suspend and
    resume.  I have analysed the various cases that can occur and I am
    confident that I have handled them all correctly.  I posted this patch
    together with a detailed analysis 10 days ago.
    
    Signed-off-by Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarAndrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarGreg Kroah-Hartman <greg@kroah.com>
    46c94ace
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