[RFC PATCH v1 2/3] PM / Runtime: force memory allocation with no I/O during runtime_resume callbcack

From: Ming Lei
Date: Tue Oct 16 2012 - 12:00:36 EST


This patch applies the introduced memalloc_noio_save() and
memalloc_noio_restore() to force memory allocation with no I/O
during runtime_resume callback.

Cc: Alan Stern <stern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Oliver Neukum <oneukum@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Ming Lei <ming.lei@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/base/power/runtime.c | 14 ++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/base/power/runtime.c b/drivers/base/power/runtime.c
index 3148b10..c71a8f0 100644
--- a/drivers/base/power/runtime.c
+++ b/drivers/base/power/runtime.c
@@ -503,6 +503,7 @@ static int rpm_resume(struct device *dev, int rpmflags)
int (*callback)(struct device *);
struct device *parent = NULL;
int retval = 0;
+ unsigned int noio_flag;

trace_rpm_resume(dev, rpmflags);

@@ -652,7 +653,20 @@ static int rpm_resume(struct device *dev, int rpmflags)
if (!callback && dev->driver && dev->driver->pm)
callback = dev->driver->pm->runtime_resume;

+ /*
+ * Deadlock might be caused if memory allocation with GFP_KERNEL
+ * happens inside runtime_resume callback of one block device's
+ * ancestor or the block device itself. The easiest approach is
+ * to forbid I/O inside runtime_resume of all devices.
+ *
+ * In fact, it can be done only if the deivce is a block device
+ * or there is one block device descendant. But that may become
+ * complicated and not efficient because device tree traversing
+ * is involved.
+ */
+ memalloc_noio_save(noio_flag);
retval = rpm_callback(callback, dev);
+ memalloc_noio_restore(noio_flag);
if (retval) {
__update_runtime_status(dev, RPM_SUSPENDED);
pm_runtime_cancel_pending(dev);
--
1.7.9.5

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