Re: [PATCH 1/3] picolcd: driver for PicoLCD HID device

From: Oliver Neukum
Date: Wed Feb 24 2010 - 13:28:22 EST


Am Mittwoch, 24. Februar 2010 17:00:49 schrieb Bruno PrÃmont:
> +static int picolcd_raw_event(struct hid_device *hdev,
> + struct hid_report *report, u8 *raw_data, int size)
> +{
> + struct picolcd_data *data = hid_get_drvdata(hdev);
> + char hexdata[25];
> + int i;
> +
> + if (data == NULL)
> + return 1;
> +
> + for (i = 0; i < sizeof(hexdata) / 2; i++)
> + sprintf(hexdata+2*i, "%02hhx", raw_data[i]);
> + if (size >= sizeof(hexdata)/2) {
> + hexdata[sizeof(hexdata)-4] = '.';
> + hexdata[sizeof(hexdata)-3] = '.';
> + hexdata[sizeof(hexdata)-2] = '.';
> + hexdata[sizeof(hexdata)-1] = '\0';
> + } else
> + hexdata[size*2] = '\0';
> +
> + switch (report->id) {
> + case REPORT_KEYPAD:
> + if (size == 3 && raw_data[0] == 0x11 && data->input_keys) {
> + return picolcd_raw_keypad(hdev, report, raw_data+1, size-1);
> + } else {
> + dbg_hid(PICOLCD_NAME " unsupported key event (%d bytes): 0x%s\n", size, hexdata);
> + break;
> + }
> + break;
> + case REPORT_VERSION:
> + if (size == 3)
> + dev_info(&hdev->dev, "Firmware version is %hd.%hd\n", raw_data[1], raw_data[2]);
> +
> + spin_lock(&data->lock);

If I recall correctly raw_event is called in interrupt. As you take a spinlock here,
the lock in code not called in interrupt must disable interrupts, or you may
deadlock.

Regards
Oliver
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