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    [media] pwc: Rework locking · c20d78cd
    Hans de Goede authored
    While testing gtk-v4l's new ctrl event code, I hit the following deadlock
    in the pwc driver:
    
    Thread 1:
    -Does a VIDIOC_G_CTRL
    -video2_ioctl takes the modlock
    -video2_ioctl calls v4l2_g_ctrl
    -v4l2_g_ctrl takes the ctrl_handler lock
    -v4l2_g_ctrl calls pwc_g_volatile_ctrl
    -pwc_g_volatile_ctrl releases the modlock as the usb transfer can take a
     significant amount of time and we don't want to block DQBUF / QBUF too long
    Thread 2:
    -Does a VIDIOC_FOO_CTRL
    -video2_ioctl takes the modlock
    -video2_ioctl calls v4l2_foo_ctrl
    -v4l2_foo_ctrl blocks while trying to take the ctrl_handler lock
    Thread 1:
    -Blocks while trying to re-take the modlock, as its caller will eventually
     unlock that
    
    Now we have thread 1 waiting for the modlock while holding the ctrl_handler
    lock and thread 2 waiting for the ctrl_handler lock while holding the
    modlock -> deadlock.
    
    Conclusion:
    1) We cannot unlock modlock from pwc_s_ctrl / pwc_g_volatile_ctrl,
       but this can cause QBUF / DQBUF to block for up to a full second
    2) After evaluating various option I came to the conclusion that pwc should
       stop using the v4l2 core locking, and instead do its own locking
    
    Thus this patch stops pwc using the v4l2 core locking, and replaces that with
    it doing its own locking where necessary.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarHans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarMauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
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