Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Regulator regression in next-20180305 | From | Maciej Purski <> | Date | Wed, 07 Mar 2018 15:37:04 +0100 |
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On 03/07/2018 03:10 PM, Mark Brown wrote: > On Wed, Mar 07, 2018 at 01:57:12PM +0100, Maciej Purski wrote: > >> I'm trying to figure out what is so special about these boards. The only >> strange thing, that I haven't noticed at first, is that all regulators share >> a common supply - dummy regulator. It is defined in anatop_regulator.c. > > No, that's a regulator framework thing - the regulator framework will > use the dummy regulator as a supply when there's nothing described in > the DT so long as the client doesn't explicitly tell it that the supply > might be optional. >
Ok, thanks for explanation. I think I have found a possibly dangerous scenario, but I can't see this situation possible in Fabio's case.
Assume, that we have a chain of supplies, consisting of at least 3. Say: A->B->C.
When we're setting voltage on A, we lock it, call balance_voltage(), lock suppliers and call set_voltage_rdev(). So we have regulators A, B, C locked. Then set_voltage_rdev() is trying to set voltage of its supply by calling set_voltage_unlocked().
Now we're on the regulator B. Set_voltage_unlocked() calls balance_voltage(), which again locks its supplies, if they exist. B's supply is C, so we end up with having a deadlock on regulator C.
Tony and Fabio, do you find this scenario possible on your boards?
Best regards Maciej Purski
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