Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 14 May 2013 11:29:46 +0800 | Subject | Re: [PATCH -next] ashmem: Fix ashmem_shrink deadlock. | From | Neil Zhang <> |
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2013/5/14 Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>: > 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 > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
We found the similar issue these days. Add RaulXiong to paste the call stack.
Best Regards, Neil Zhang
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