1. 08 Jul, 2006 2 commits
  2. 07 Jul, 2006 1 commit
    • Dave Jones's avatar
      [PATCH] Fix cpufreq vs hotplug lockdep recursion. · a496e25d
      Dave Jones authored
      [ There's some not quite baked bits in cpufreq-git right now
        so sending this on as a patch instead ]
      
      On Thu, 2006-07-06 at 07:58 -0700, Tom London wrote:
      
      > After installing .2356 I get this each time I boot:
      > =======================================================
      > [ INFO: possible circular locking dependency detected ]
      > -------------------------------------------------------
      > S06cpuspeed/1620 is trying to acquire lock:
      >  (dbs_mutex){--..}, at: [<c060d6bb>] mutex_lock+0x21/0x24
      >
      > but task is already holding lock:
      >  (cpucontrol){--..}, at: [<c060d6bb>] mutex_lock+0x21/0x24
      >
      > which lock already depends on the new lock.
      >
      
      make sure the cpu hotplug recursive mutex (yuck) is taken early in the
      cpufreq codepaths to avoid a AB-BA deadlock.
      Signed-off-by: default avatarArjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com>
      Signed-off-by: default avatarDave Jones <davej@redhat.com>
      Signed-off-by: default avatarLinus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
      a496e25d
  3. 06 Jul, 2006 28 commits
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