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authorDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2009-06-15 03:02:23 -0700
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2009-06-15 03:02:23 -0700
commit9cbc1cb8cd46ce1f7645b9de249b2ce8460129bb (patch)
tree8d104ec2a459346b99413b0b77421ca7b9936c1a /drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_ondemand.c
parentca44d6e60f9de26281fda203f58b570e1748c015 (diff)
parent45e3e1935e2857c54783291107d33323b3ef33c8 (diff)
Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6
Conflicts: Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt drivers/scsi/fcoe/fcoe.c net/core/drop_monitor.c net/core/net-traces.c
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,