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SubjectRe: [PATCH] gpiolib: Fix locking on gpio debugfs files
On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 8:31 PM, Grant Likely <grant.likely@secretlab.ca> wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 4:28 AM, Alex Courbot <acourbot@nvidia.com> wrote:
>> Just wondering: if we manage to change this spinlock into a mutex in the
>> future, wouldn't it be better to acquire it only once in gpiolib_seq_start()
>> and release it in gpiolib_seq_stop()?
>>
>> Even though the protection introduced by this patch definitely improves the
>> situation, it seems to me that chips could still be removed while being
>> displayed by gpiolib_seq_show().
>
> Probably, but need to first verify that the mutex won't end up getting
> held between read() syscalls. Otherwise it would be possible to block
> addition/removal by holding the file open. I cursory read of seq_file
> looks like ->stop() is always called, but I would appreciate someone
> more cluefull to give an opinion here.

While not cluefull in any way, I nonetheless had a quick look at all
the control paths of seq_read(), and indeed op->stop() seems to be
called in each of them.

> I've also got a draft patch that turns gpio chips into first-class
> kobjects which means we can do proper reference counting on them and
> prevent the structure from actually disappearing while other drivers
> still hold references.

Oooh. Looking forward to seeing this. :)

Alex.


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