On Friday, August 22, 2014 03:37:55 PM Lan Tianyu wrote:
> Currently fixed button devices' notify callbacks are running in the
> interrupt context. It's not necessary and prevent calling functions
> with mutex lock(E,G evaluating ACPI method). Otherwise, it's different
> with non-fixed button device whose notify callback is running in the process
> context. This patch is to make fixed button device's notify
> callback in the process context and this also can avoid dead lock
> when using netlink to report button event to user space.
I guess this is the main reason for the patch?
Is there a bug report regarding this?
> Signed-off-by: Lan Tianyu <tianyu....@intel.com>
> ---
> drivers/acpi/scan.c | 9 +++++++--
> 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/acpi/scan.c b/drivers/acpi/scan.c
> index 0a817ad..bfb7fc5 100644
> --- a/drivers/acpi/scan.c
> +++ b/drivers/acpi/scan.c
> @@ -922,12 +922,17 @@ static void acpi_device_notify(acpi_handle handle, u32
> event, void *data)
> device->driver->ops.notify(device, event);
> }
>
> -static acpi_status acpi_device_notify_fixed(void *data)
> +static void acpi_device_notify_fixed_run(void *data)
> {
> struct acpi_device *device = data;
>
> - /* Fixed hardware devices have no handles */
> acpi_device_notify(NULL, ACPI_FIXED_HARDWARE_EVENT, device);
> +}
> +
> +static acpi_status acpi_device_notify_fixed(void *data)
> +{
> + /* Fixed hardware devices have no handles */
> + acpi_os_execute(OSL_NOTIFY_HANDLER, acpi_device_notify_fixed_run, data);
> return AE_OK;
> }
>
>
--
I speak only for myself.
Rafael J. Wysocki, Intel Open Source Technology Center.
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