Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 13 May 2013 17:42:16 -0400 | From | Greg Kroah-Hartman <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH -next] ashmem: Fix ashmem_shrink deadlock. |
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On Wed, May 01, 2013 at 09:56:13AM -0400, Robert Love wrote: > Don't acquire ashmem_mutex in ashmem_shrink if we've somehow recursed into the > shrinker code from within ashmem. Just bail out, avoiding a deadlock. This is > fine, as ashmem cache pruning is advisory anyhow. > > Signed-off-by: Robert Love <rlove@google.com> > --- > drivers/staging/android/ashmem.c | 6 +++++- > 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
Based on Andrew's review comments, I'll drop this from my queue and wait for a "better" fix for this.
thanks,
greg k-h
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