Re: [PATCH] cpufreq: imx6: prorect calls to dev_pm_opp_get_opp_count with RCU lock

From: Dmitry Torokhov
Date: Tue Dec 16 2014 - 00:41:13 EST


On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 9:33 PM, Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 16 December 2014 at 06:20, Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> dev_pm_opp_get_opp_count() must be called with RCU lock held.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>
>> Not tested at all...
>>
>> drivers/cpufreq/imx6q-cpufreq.c | 4 ++++
>> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/imx6q-cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/imx6q-cpufreq.c
>> index 380a90d..851d4fd 100644
>> --- a/drivers/cpufreq/imx6q-cpufreq.c
>> +++ b/drivers/cpufreq/imx6q-cpufreq.c
>> @@ -200,7 +200,9 @@ static int imx6q_cpufreq_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>> * Just, incase the platform did not supply the OPP
>> * table, it will try to get it.
>> */
>> + rcu_read_lock();
>> num = dev_pm_opp_get_opp_count(cpu_dev);
>> + rcu_read_unlock();
>> if (num < 0) {
>> ret = of_init_opp_table(cpu_dev);
>> if (ret < 0) {
>> @@ -211,7 +213,9 @@ static int imx6q_cpufreq_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>> /* Because we have added the OPPs here, we must free them */
>> free_opp = true;
>>
>> + rcu_read_lock();
>> num = dev_pm_opp_get_opp_count(cpu_dev);
>> + rcu_read_unlock();
>> if (num < 0) {
>> ret = num;
>> dev_err(cpu_dev, "no OPP table is found: %d\n", ret);
>
> This one looks fine for sure but I was wondering for the users which just
> need to call opp-count from under the locks, what about something like:
>
> dev_pm_opp_get_opp_count_locked() ?

Yeah, for the majority of callers taking the lock won't hurt as they
call it in their init code.

Thanks,
Dmitry
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