[PATCH V1] Fix Regmap Block Write single-rw Mutex Deadlock

From: Anthony Olech
Date: Wed Oct 09 2013 - 12:53:00 EST


This patch is relative to linux-next repository tag next-20130927

When regmap_bulk_write() is called with the map->use_single_rw flag set
an immediate mutex deadlock happens because regmap_raw_write() is called
after obtaining the mutex and regmap_raw_write() itself then tries to
obtain the mutex as well.

It is obvious that no one other than myself tried it with a real device.
I did, but only for the purposes of an experiment and demonstration.

But even if this situation will never ever happen with a real device, it
is a bug and therefore should be fixed.

Signed-off-by: Anthony Olech <anthony.olech.opensource@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/base/regmap/regmap.c | 9 +++++----
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/base/regmap/regmap.c b/drivers/base/regmap/regmap.c
index 00152bf..6bd9294 100644
--- a/drivers/base/regmap/regmap.c
+++ b/drivers/base/regmap/regmap.c
@@ -1488,10 +1488,11 @@ int regmap_bulk_write(struct regmap *map, unsigned int reg, const void *val,
*/
if (map->use_single_rw) {
for (i = 0; i < val_count; i++) {
- ret = regmap_raw_write(map,
- reg + (i * map->reg_stride),
- val + (i * val_bytes),
- val_bytes);
+ ret = _regmap_raw_write(map,
+ reg + (i * map->reg_stride),
+ val + (i * val_bytes),
+ val_bytes,
+ false);
if (ret != 0)
return ret;
}
--
end-of-patch for Fix Regmap Block Write single-rw Mutex Deadlock V1

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