Re: [RFC v4 2/8] platform/x86: intel_pmc_ipc: Use spin_lock to protect GCR updates

[Andy Shevchenko]

On Sat, Oct 7, 2017 at 5:33 AM,
<sathyanarayanan.kuppuswamy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Kuppuswamy Sathyanarayanan <sathyanarayanan.kuppuswamy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Currently, update_no_reboot_bit() function implemented in this driver
> uses mutex_lock() to protect its register updates. But this function is
> called with in atomic context in iTCO_wdt_start() and iTCO_wdt_stop()
> functions in iTCO_wdt.c driver, which in turn causes "sleeping into
> atomic context" issue. This patch fixes this issue by replacing the
> mutex_lock() with spin_lock() to protect the GCR read/write/update APIs.
>

> Fixes: 9d855d4 ("platform/x86: intel_pmc_ipc: Fix iTCO_wdt GCS memory
> mapping failure")

I think it need to be a one line.

Does it apply on top of v4.14-rc3 ?
Btw, this patch should be first in the series.


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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko