[PATCH 3/11] rsxx: Fixes soft-lockup issues during DMAs.

[Philip J. Kelleher]

From: Philip J Kelleher <pjk1939@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

The workqueue mechanism has been reworked to prevent soft
lockup issues from occuring by adding in mutex sychronization.

Signed-off-by: Philip J Kelleher <pjk1939@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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diff -uprN -X linux-block-vanilla/Documentation/dontdiff linux-block-vanilla/drivers/block/rsxx/dma.c linux-block/drivers/block/rsxx/dma.c
--- linux-block-vanilla/drivers/block/rsxx/dma.c	2013-06-17 16:53:06.805154023 -0500
+++ linux-block/drivers/block/rsxx/dma.c	2013-06-17 16:53:37.564908059 -0500
@@ -381,15 +381,13 @@ static void dma_engine_stalled(unsigned 
 	}
 }
 
-static void rsxx_issue_dmas(struct work_struct *work)
+static void rsxx_issue_dmas(struct rsxx_dma_ctrl *ctrl)
 {
-	struct rsxx_dma_ctrl *ctrl;
 	struct rsxx_dma *dma;
 	int tag;
 	int cmds_pending = 0;
 	struct hw_cmd *hw_cmd_buf;
 
-	ctrl = container_of(work, struct rsxx_dma_ctrl, issue_dma_work);
 	hw_cmd_buf = ctrl->cmd.buf;
 
 	if (unlikely(ctrl->card->halt) ||
@@ -469,9 +467,8 @@ static void rsxx_issue_dmas(struct work_
 	}
 }
 
-static void rsxx_dma_done(struct work_struct *work)
+static void rsxx_dma_done(struct rsxx_dma_ctrl *ctrl)
 {
-	struct rsxx_dma_ctrl *ctrl;
 	struct rsxx_dma *dma;
 	unsigned long flags;
 	u16 count;
@@ -479,7 +476,6 @@ static void rsxx_dma_done(struct work_st
 	u8 tag;
 	struct hw_status *hw_st_buf;
 
-	ctrl = container_of(work, struct rsxx_dma_ctrl, dma_done_work);
 	hw_st_buf = ctrl->status.buf;
 
 	if (unlikely(ctrl->card->halt) ||
@@ -555,6 +551,28 @@ static void rsxx_dma_done(struct work_st
 	spin_unlock_bh(&ctrl->queue_lock);
 }
 
+static void rsxx_schedule_issue(struct work_struct *work)
+{
+	struct rsxx_dma_ctrl *ctrl;
+
+	ctrl = container_of(work, struct rsxx_dma_ctrl, issue_dma_work);
+
+	mutex_lock(&ctrl->work_lock);
+	rsxx_issue_dmas(ctrl);
+	mutex_unlock(&ctrl->work_lock);
+}
+
+static void rsxx_schedule_done(struct work_struct *work)
+{
+	struct rsxx_dma_ctrl *ctrl;
+
+	ctrl = container_of(work, struct rsxx_dma_ctrl, dma_done_work);
+
+	mutex_lock(&ctrl->work_lock);
+	rsxx_dma_done(ctrl);
+	mutex_unlock(&ctrl->work_lock);
+}
+
 static int rsxx_queue_discard(struct rsxx_cardinfo *card,
 				  struct list_head *q,
 				  unsigned int laddr,
@@ -789,6 +807,7 @@ static int rsxx_dma_ctrl_init(struct pci
 	spin_lock_init(&ctrl->trackers->lock);
 
 	spin_lock_init(&ctrl->queue_lock);
+	mutex_init(&ctrl->work_lock);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ctrl->queue);
 
 	setup_timer(&ctrl->activity_timer, dma_engine_stalled,
@@ -802,8 +821,8 @@ static int rsxx_dma_ctrl_init(struct pci
 	if (!ctrl->done_wq)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	INIT_WORK(&ctrl->issue_dma_work, rsxx_issue_dmas);
-	INIT_WORK(&ctrl->dma_done_work, rsxx_dma_done);
+	INIT_WORK(&ctrl->issue_dma_work, rsxx_schedule_issue);
+	INIT_WORK(&ctrl->dma_done_work, rsxx_schedule_done);
 
 	st = rsxx_hw_buffers_init(dev, ctrl);
 	if (st)
diff -uprN -X linux-block-vanilla/Documentation/dontdiff linux-block-vanilla/drivers/block/rsxx/rsxx_priv.h linux-block/drivers/block/rsxx/rsxx_priv.h
--- linux-block-vanilla/drivers/block/rsxx/rsxx_priv.h	2013-06-17 16:53:06.812153024 -0500
+++ linux-block/drivers/block/rsxx/rsxx_priv.h	2013-06-17 16:53:37.572905400 -0500
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ struct rsxx_dma_ctrl {
 	struct timer_list		activity_timer;
 	struct dma_tracker_list		*trackers;
 	struct rsxx_dma_stats		stats;
+	struct mutex			work_lock;
 };
 
 struct rsxx_cardinfo {

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