Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 20 Apr 2018 09:23:16 +0200 | From | Maxime Ripard <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v2 01/10] media: v4l2-ctrls: Add missing v4l2 ctrl unlock |
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On Thu, Apr 19, 2018 at 05:41:15PM +0200, Paul Kocialkowski wrote: > This adds a missing v4l2_ctrl_unlock call that is required to avoid > deadlocks.
Maybe you can explain what the deadlock scenario is?
> Signed-off-by: Paul Kocialkowski <paul.kocialkowski@bootlin.com> > --- > drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ctrls.c | 7 ++++++- > 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ctrls.c b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ctrls.c > index f67e9f5531fa..ba05a8b9a095 100644 > --- a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ctrls.c > +++ b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ctrls.c > @@ -3614,10 +3614,12 @@ void v4l2_ctrl_request_complete(struct media_request *req, > continue; > > v4l2_ctrl_lock(ctrl); > + > if (ref->req) > ptr_to_ptr(ctrl, ref->req->p_req, ref->p_req); > else > ptr_to_ptr(ctrl, ctrl->p_cur, ref->p_req); > +
I'm not sure that this is relevant in this patch.
Maxime
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