[alsa-devel] [PATCH linux-next v2 1/2] ASoC: rsnd: src: Avoid a potential deadlock

[Fabrizio Castro]

Hello Jiada,

> From: Jiada Wang <jiada_wang at mentor.com>
> Sent: 13 March 2019 11:56
> Subject: Re: [PATCH linux-next v2 1/2] ASoC: rsnd: src: Avoid a potential deadlock
> 
> Hi Geert
> 
> On 2019/03/12 18:15, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > Hi Jiada, Fabrizio,
> >
> > On Thu, Mar 7, 2019 at 7:17 AM Jiada Wang <jiada_wang at mentor.com> wrote:
> >> lockdep warns us that priv->lock and k->k_lock can cause a
> >> deadlock when after acquire of k->k_lock, process is interrupted
> >> by src, while in another routine of src .init, k->k_lock is
> >> acquired with priv->lock held.
> >>
> >> This patch avoids a potential deadlock by not calling soc_device_match()
> >> in SRC .init callback, instead it adds new soc fields in priv->flags to
> >> differentiate SoCs.
> >>
> >> Fixes: linux-next commit 7674bec4fc09 ("ASoC: rsnd: update BSDSR/BSDISR handling")
> >> Signed-off-by: Jiada Wang <jiada_wang at mentor.com>
> >> ---
> >>   sound/soc/sh/rcar/core.c | 2 ++
> >>   sound/soc/sh/rcar/rsnd.h | 5 +++++
> >>   sound/soc/sh/rcar/src.c  | 9 +--------
> >>   3 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> >>
> >> diff --git a/sound/soc/sh/rcar/core.c b/sound/soc/sh/rcar/core.c
> >> index 022996d2db13..4fe83e611c01 100644
> >> --- a/sound/soc/sh/rcar/core.c
> >> +++ b/sound/soc/sh/rcar/core.c
> >> @@ -110,6 +110,8 @@ static const struct of_device_id rsnd_of_match[] = {
> >>          { .compatible = "renesas,rcar_sound-gen1", .data = (void *)RSND_GEN1 },
> >>          { .compatible = "renesas,rcar_sound-gen2", .data = (void *)RSND_GEN2 },
> >>          { .compatible = "renesas,rcar_sound-gen3", .data = (void *)RSND_GEN3 },
> >> +       /* Special Handling */
> >> +       { .compatible = "renesas,rcar_sound-r8a77990", .data = (void *)(RSND_GEN3 | RSND_SOC_E) },
> >
> > I guess we need an entry for RZ/G2E, too?

Geert has a point, I am looking at the User manual for the RZ/G2E and it looks like the
implementation for the RZ/G2E is the same as the one for the r8a77990

> >
> Sorry, I don't have user manual for RZ/G2E,
> if you can let me know where to find RZ/G2E's user manual,
> I can add entry for these SoCs

If you prefer I could add that after running some tests? I do have a board with a RZ/G2E.

Thanks,
Fab

> 
> Thanks,
> Jiada
> > Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
> >
> >                          Geert
> >