[079/119] sparc: Move of_set_property_mutex acquisition outside of devtree_lock grab.

From: Greg KH
Date: Sun Dec 06 2009 - 19:24:01 EST


2.6.31-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know.

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From: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

[ Upstream commit 1c9d80ddc60f8ac26344ec3db9830e5f8016c16d ]

Otherwise we try to sleep with preemption disabled, etc.

Noticed by Thomas Gleixner.

Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxx>
---
arch/sparc/kernel/prom_common.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/prom_common.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/prom_common.c
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ int of_set_property(struct device_node *

err = -ENODEV;

+ mutex_lock(&of_set_property_mutex);
write_lock(&devtree_lock);
prevp = &dp->properties;
while (*prevp) {
@@ -85,9 +86,7 @@ int of_set_property(struct device_node *
void *old_val = prop->value;
int ret;

- mutex_lock(&of_set_property_mutex);
ret = prom_setprop(dp->node, name, val, len);
- mutex_unlock(&of_set_property_mutex);

err = -EINVAL;
if (ret >= 0) {
@@ -106,6 +105,7 @@ int of_set_property(struct device_node *
prevp = &(*prevp)->next;
}
write_unlock(&devtree_lock);
+ mutex_unlock(&of_set_property_mutex);

/* XXX Upate procfs if necessary... */



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