From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.6 required=3.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_PASS,T_DKIM_INVALID, URIBL_BLOCKED autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A0DCAC43142 for ; Fri, 22 Jun 2018 07:04:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4026423DFB for ; Fri, 22 Jun 2018 07:04:08 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dkim=fail reason="key not found in DNS" (0-bit key) header.d=codeaurora.org header.i=@codeaurora.org header.b="X8143tQr"; dkim=fail reason="key not found in DNS" (0-bit key) header.d=codeaurora.org header.i=@codeaurora.org header.b="kQm7e4uz" DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org 4026423DFB Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=codeaurora.org Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751194AbeFVHEG (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 Jun 2018 03:04:06 -0400 Received: from smtp.codeaurora.org ([198.145.29.96]:46460 "EHLO smtp.codeaurora.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750886AbeFVHEF (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 Jun 2018 03:04:05 -0400 Received: by smtp.codeaurora.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 7BB5460714; Fri, 22 Jun 2018 07:04:04 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=codeaurora.org; s=default; t=1529651044; bh=LaXr7iFtgOjQNnwRtISsfO6vz338MEX0S/l2gRh8qg4=; h=Subject:To:Cc:References:From:Date:In-Reply-To:From; b=X8143tQr7FaPs9xUDZfzIuMmhxjX6r5rU3k7uyHZHBkZXDIPcFg8Ry902dwol0s8u 6zjkJD14pWgQNO0TcFQe3y7MHiy9kzrFzkfADPbhPuOl1u6/n5WcBLT1CeOy+f74U3 qEzEgaOym4ZdMTEIszwJrDdZkjHrPfD0NaAVw04c= Received: from [10.204.66.249] (blr-c-bdr-fw-01_globalnat_allzones-outside.qualcomm.com [103.229.19.19]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: akhilpo@smtp.codeaurora.org) by smtp.codeaurora.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id A539D60227; Fri, 22 Jun 2018 07:04:01 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=codeaurora.org; s=default; t=1529651043; bh=LaXr7iFtgOjQNnwRtISsfO6vz338MEX0S/l2gRh8qg4=; h=Subject:To:Cc:References:From:Date:In-Reply-To:From; b=kQm7e4uzTXg9495Rg9QHOdCCL3HZLSjf93ouBu173wal3LhPItxYpNXjw9gCXkyfi UtAFlkRqMo+JUCsdyboXU6sx5YB3+hmNCa/i/Ayy9E1oeCabrRrN7ijGuvPN2X/Jq4 yhjacfuW9tdVt5YIZ6vgOYqrdpv8o3HNbTYdmwMk= DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 smtp.codeaurora.org A539D60227 Authentication-Results: pdx-caf-mail.web.codeaurora.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=codeaurora.org Authentication-Results: pdx-caf-mail.web.codeaurora.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=akhilpo@codeaurora.org Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] PM / devfreq: Fix devfreq_add_device() when drivers are built as modules. To: Ezequiel Garcia , Enric Balletbo i Serra , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: kernel@collabora.com, Chanwoo Choi , Kyungmin Park , MyungJoo Ham , linux-pm@vger.kernel.org References: <20180621220430.25644-1-enric.balletbo@collabora.com> <0383b4a703a0b619023c0654a4a7637419c72ebd.camel@collabora.com> From: Akhil P Oommen Message-ID: Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2018 12:33:59 +0530 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/52.8.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <0383b4a703a0b619023c0654a4a7637419c72ebd.camel@collabora.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Language: en-US Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On 6/22/2018 6:41 AM, Ezequiel Garcia wrote: > Hey Enric, > > On Fri, 2018-06-22 at 00:04 +0200, Enric Balletbo i Serra wrote: >> When the devfreq driver and the governor driver are built as modules, >> the call to devfreq_add_device() or governor_store() fails because >> the >> governor driver is not loaded at the time the devfreq driver loads. >> The >> devfreq driver has a build dependency on the governor but also should >> have a runtime dependency. We need to make sure that the governor >> driver >> is loaded before the devfreq driver. >> >> This patch fixes this bug by adding a try_then_request_governor() >> function. First tries to find the governor, and then, if it is not >> found, >> it requests the module and tries again. >> >> Fixes: 1b5c1be2c88e (PM / devfreq: map devfreq drivers to governor >> using name) >> Signed-off-by: Enric Balletbo i Serra >> --- >> >> Changes in v3: >> - Remove unneded change in dev_err message. >> - Fix err returned value in case to not find the governor. >> >> Changes in v2: >> - Add a new function to request the module and call that function >> from >> devfreq_add_device and governor_store. >> >> drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c | 65 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----- >> -- > [snip snip] >> - governor = find_devfreq_governor(devfreq->governor_name); >> + governor = try_then_request_governor(devfreq- >>> governor_name); >> if (IS_ERR(governor)) { >> dev_err(dev, "%s: Unable to find governor for the >> device\n", >> __func__); >> err = PTR_ERR(governor); >> - goto err_init; >> + goto err_unregister; >> } >> >> + mutex_lock(&devfreq_list_lock); >> + > I know it's not something we are introducing in this patch, > but still... calling a hook with a mutex held looks > fishy to me. > > This lock should only protect the list, unless I am missing > something. > >> devfreq->governor = governor; >> err = devfreq->governor->event_handler(devfreq, >> DEVFREQ_GOV_START, >> NULL); >> @@ -663,14 +703,16 @@ struct devfreq *devfreq_add_device(struct >> device *dev, >> __func__); >> goto err_init; >> } >> + >> + list_add(&devfreq->node, &devfreq_list); >> + >> mutex_unlock(&devfreq_list_lock); >> >> return devfreq; >> >> err_init: >> - list_del(&devfreq->node); >> mutex_unlock(&devfreq_list_lock); >> - >> +err_unregister: >> device_unregister(&devfreq->dev); >> err_dev: >> if (devfreq) >> @@ -988,12 +1030,13 @@ static ssize_t governor_store(struct device >> *dev, struct device_attribute *attr, >> if (ret != 1) >> return -EINVAL; >> >> - mutex_lock(&devfreq_list_lock); >> - governor = find_devfreq_governor(str_governor); >> + governor = try_then_request_governor(str_governor); >> if (IS_ERR(governor)) { >> - ret = PTR_ERR(governor); >> - goto out; >> + return PTR_ERR(governor); >> } >> + >> + mutex_lock(&devfreq_list_lock); >> + >> if (df->governor == governor) { >> ret = 0; >> goto out; >> -- >> 2.17.1 >> >> > > Regards, > Eze Adding to Ezequiel's point, shouldn't we take more granular lock (devfreq->lock) first and then call devfreq_list_lock at the time of adding to the list? -Akhil.