[PATCH] regulator: Fix recursive mutex lockdep warning

From: Stephen Boyd
Date: Mon Jul 02 2012 - 22:21:04 EST


A recursive lockdep warning occurs if you call
regulator_set_optimum_mode() on a regulator with a supply because
there is no nesting annotation for the rdev->mutex. To avoid this
warning, get the supply's load before locking the regulator's
mutex to avoid grabbing the same class of lock twice.

=============================================
[ INFO: possible recursive locking detected ]
3.4.0 #3257 Tainted: G W
---------------------------------------------
swapper/0/1 is trying to acquire lock:
(&rdev->mutex){+.+.+.}, at: [<c036e9e0>] regulator_get_voltage+0x18/0x38

but task is already holding lock:
(&rdev->mutex){+.+.+.}, at: [<c036ef38>] regulator_set_optimum_mode+0x24/0x224

other info that might help us debug this:
Possible unsafe locking scenario:

CPU0
----
lock(&rdev->mutex);
lock(&rdev->mutex);

*** DEADLOCK ***

May be due to missing lock nesting notation

3 locks held by swapper/0/1:
#0: (&__lockdep_no_validate__){......}, at: [<c03dbb48>] __driver_attach+0x40/0x8c
#1: (&__lockdep_no_validate__){......}, at: [<c03dbb58>] __driver_attach+0x50/0x8c
#2: (&rdev->mutex){+.+.+.}, at: [<c036ef38>] regulator_set_optimum_mode+0x24/0x224

stack backtrace:
[<c001521c>] (unwind_backtrace+0x0/0x12c) from [<c00cc4d4>] (validate_chain+0x760/0x1080)
[<c00cc4d4>] (validate_chain+0x760/0x1080) from [<c00cd744>] (__lock_acquire+0x950/0xa10)
[<c00cd744>] (__lock_acquire+0x950/0xa10) from [<c00cd990>] (lock_acquire+0x18c/0x1e8)
[<c00cd990>] (lock_acquire+0x18c/0x1e8) from [<c080c248>] (mutex_lock_nested+0x68/0x3c4)
[<c080c248>] (mutex_lock_nested+0x68/0x3c4) from [<c036e9e0>] (regulator_get_voltage+0x18/0x38)
[<c036e9e0>] (regulator_get_voltage+0x18/0x38) from [<c036efb8>] (regulator_set_optimum_mode+0xa4/0x224)
...

Signed-off-by: Stephen Boyd <sboyd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---

I'm not sure if this is the preferred solution. I also believe there is a
similar warning in regulator_enable()/disable() when drms_uA_update() is
called.

Is anything wrong with regulator_get_voltage() never taking the mutex?
If we did that then this lockdep warning would go away in addition to the
one in drms_uA_update().

drivers/regulator/core.c | 10 +++++-----
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/regulator/core.c b/drivers/regulator/core.c
index ef07b62..db119f3 100644
--- a/drivers/regulator/core.c
+++ b/drivers/regulator/core.c
@@ -2544,9 +2544,12 @@ int regulator_set_optimum_mode(struct regulator *regulator, int uA_load)
{
struct regulator_dev *rdev = regulator->rdev;
struct regulator *consumer;
- int ret, output_uV, input_uV, total_uA_load = 0;
+ int ret, output_uV, input_uV = 0, total_uA_load = 0;
unsigned int mode;

+ if (rdev->supply)
+ input_uV = regulator_get_voltage(rdev->supply);
+
mutex_lock(&rdev->mutex);

/*
@@ -2579,10 +2582,7 @@ int regulator_set_optimum_mode(struct regulator *regulator, int uA_load)
goto out;
}

- /* get input voltage */
- input_uV = 0;
- if (rdev->supply)
- input_uV = regulator_get_voltage(rdev->supply);
+ /* No supply? Use constraint voltage */
if (input_uV <= 0)
input_uV = rdev->constraints->input_uV;
if (input_uV <= 0) {
--
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