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cpufreq: serialize calls to __cpufreq_governor()

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We can't take a big lock around __cpufreq_governor() as this causes
recursive locking for some cases. But calls to this routine must be
serialized for every policy. Otherwise we can see some unpredictable
events.

For example, consider following scenario:

__cpufreq_remove_dev()
 __cpufreq_governor(policy, CPUFREQ_GOV_STOP);
   policy->governor->governor(policy, CPUFREQ_GOV_STOP);
    cpufreq_governor_dbs()
     case CPUFREQ_GOV_STOP:
      mutex_destroy(&cpu_cdbs->timer_mutex)
      cpu_cdbs->cur_policy = NULL;
  <PREEMPT>
store()
 __cpufreq_set_policy()
  __cpufreq_governor(policy, CPUFREQ_GOV_LIMITS);
    policy->governor->governor(policy, CPUFREQ_GOV_LIMITS);
     case CPUFREQ_GOV_LIMITS:
      mutex_lock(&cpu_cdbs->timer_mutex); <-- Warning (destroyed mutex)
       if (policy->max < cpu_cdbs->cur_policy->cur) <- cur_policy == NULL

And so store() will eventually result in a crash if cur_policy is
NULL at this point.

Introduce an additional variable which would guarantee serialization
here.

Reported-by: Stephen Boyd <sboyd@codeaurora.org>
Signed-off-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
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Viresh Kumar 2013-08-31 17:48:23 +05:30 • committed by Rafael J. Wysocki
commit 19c763031a
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@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ struct cpufreq_policy {
struct cpufreq_governor *governor; /* see below */
void *governor_data;
bool governor_enabled; /* governor start/stop flag */
bool governor_busy;
struct work_struct update; /* if update_policy() needs to be
* called, but you're in IRQ context */