Merge to Fedora kernel-2.6.18-1.2224_FC5 patched with stable patch-2.6.18.1-vs2.0...

[linux-2.6.git] / drivers / cpufreq / cpufreq_conservative.c

diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_conservative.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_conservative.c
index e07a354..c4c578d 100644 (file)
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_conservative.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_conservative.c
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include <linux/types.h>
 #include <linux/fs.h>
 #include <linux/sysfs.h>
+#include <linux/cpu.h>
 #include <linux/sched.h>
 #include <linux/kmod.h>
 #include <linux/workqueue.h>
@@ -72,6 +73,14 @@ static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct cpu_dbs_info_s, cpu_dbs_info);
 
 static unsigned int dbs_enable;        /* number of CPUs using this policy */
 
+/*
+ * DEADLOCK ALERT! There is a ordering requirement between cpu_hotplug
+ * lock and dbs_mutex. cpu_hotplug lock should always be held before
+ * dbs_mutex. If any function that can potentially take cpu_hotplug lock
+ * (like __cpufreq_driver_target()) is being called with dbs_mutex taken, then
+ * cpu_hotplug lock should be taken before that. Note that cpu_hotplug lock
+ * is recursive for the same process. -Venki
+ */
 static DEFINE_MUTEX    (dbs_mutex);
 static DECLARE_WORK    (dbs_work, do_dbs_timer, NULL);
 
@@ -414,12 +423,14 @@ static void dbs_check_cpu(int cpu)
 static void do_dbs_timer(void *data)
 { 
        int i;
+       lock_cpu_hotplug();
        mutex_lock(&dbs_mutex);
        for_each_online_cpu(i)
                dbs_check_cpu(i);
        schedule_delayed_work(&dbs_work, 
                        usecs_to_jiffies(dbs_tuners_ins.sampling_rate));
        mutex_unlock(&dbs_mutex);
+       unlock_cpu_hotplug();
 } 
 
 static inline void dbs_timer_init(void)