From 1c9d80ddc60f8ac26344ec3db9830e5f8016c16d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "David S. Miller" Date: Sun, 8 Nov 2009 17:41:20 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] sparc: Move of_set_property_mutex acquisition outside of devtree_lock grab. Otherwise we try to sleep with preemption disabled, etc. Noticed by Thomas Gleixner. Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- arch/sparc/kernel/prom_common.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/prom_common.c b/arch/sparc/kernel/prom_common.c index 138910c67206..d80a65d9e893 100644 --- a/arch/sparc/kernel/prom_common.c +++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/prom_common.c @@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ int of_set_property(struct device_node *dp, const char *name, void *val, int len err = -ENODEV; + mutex_lock(&of_set_property_mutex); write_lock(&devtree_lock); prevp = &dp->properties; while (*prevp) { @@ -88,9 +89,7 @@ int of_set_property(struct device_node *dp, const char *name, void *val, int len void *old_val = prop->value; int ret; - mutex_lock(&of_set_property_mutex); ret = prom_setprop(dp->node, name, val, len); - mutex_unlock(&of_set_property_mutex); err = -EINVAL; if (ret >= 0) { @@ -109,6 +108,7 @@ int of_set_property(struct device_node *dp, const char *name, void *val, int len prevp = &(*prevp)->next; } write_unlock(&devtree_lock); + mutex_unlock(&of_set_property_mutex); /* XXX Upate procfs if necessary... */ -- GitLab