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authorIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2009-06-01 10:01:03 +0200
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2009-06-01 10:01:39 +0200
commit23db9f430be9325a861c7762c1ffadad9ca528a8 (patch)
tree1ebb681611c96f17aa4f96e28d6923824a8b210f /drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_ondemand.c
parent27b9613b7be39412775d0ab80f57229aa73bb07d (diff)
parent3218911f839b6c85acbf872ad264ea69aa4d89ad (diff)
Merge branch 'linus' into perfcounters/core
Merge reason: merge almost-rc8 into perfcounters/core, which was -rc6 based - to pick up the latest upstream fixes. Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_ondemand.c')
-rw-r--r--drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_ondemand.c5
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_ondemand.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_ondemand.c
index 338f428a15b..e741c339df7 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_ondemand.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_ondemand.c
@@ -98,6 +98,9 @@ static unsigned int dbs_enable; /* number of CPUs using this policy */
* (like __cpufreq_driver_target()) is being called with dbs_mutex taken, then
* cpu_hotplug lock should be taken before that. Note that cpu_hotplug lock
* is recursive for the same process. -Venki
+ * DEADLOCK ALERT! (2) : do_dbs_timer() must not take the dbs_mutex, because it
+ * would deadlock with cancel_delayed_work_sync(), which is needed for proper
+ * raceless workqueue teardown.
*/
static DEFINE_MUTEX(dbs_mutex);
@@ -562,7 +565,7 @@ static inline void dbs_timer_init(struct cpu_dbs_info_s *dbs_info)
static inline void dbs_timer_exit(struct cpu_dbs_info_s *dbs_info)
{
dbs_info->enable = 0;
- cancel_delayed_work(&dbs_info->work);
+ cancel_delayed_work_sync(&dbs_info->work);
}
static int cpufreq_governor_dbs(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,