From 92618184cb92c5b39d4d8573572d576f9ccb3c28 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Cong Wang Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 15:37:15 -0800 Subject: lkdtm: avoid calling lkdtm_do_action() with spinlock held lkdtm_do_action() may call sleeping functions like kmalloc(), so do not call it with spin lock held. Signed-off-by: WANG Cong Cc: Prarit Bhargava Cc: Arnd Bergmann Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman Reviewed-by: Dave Young Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- drivers/misc/lkdtm.c | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'drivers') diff --git a/drivers/misc/lkdtm.c b/drivers/misc/lkdtm.c index 150cd7061b8..28adefe70f9 100644 --- a/drivers/misc/lkdtm.c +++ b/drivers/misc/lkdtm.c @@ -354,6 +354,7 @@ static void lkdtm_do_action(enum ctype which) static void lkdtm_handler(void) { unsigned long flags; + bool do_it = false; spin_lock_irqsave(&count_lock, flags); count--; @@ -361,10 +362,13 @@ static void lkdtm_handler(void) cp_name_to_str(cpoint), cp_type_to_str(cptype), count); if (count == 0) { - lkdtm_do_action(cptype); + do_it = true; count = cpoint_count; } spin_unlock_irqrestore(&count_lock, flags); + + if (do_it) + lkdtm_do_action(cptype); } static int lkdtm_register_cpoint(enum cname which) -- cgit v1.2.3