Re: [PATCH] cx88xx: Fix lockup on suspend

[Pavel Machek]

Hi!

> Suspending with the cx88xx module loaded causes the 
> system to lock up because the cx88_audio_thread kthread 
> was missing a try_to_freeze() call, which caused it to 
> go into a tight loop and result in softlockup when 
> suspending. Fix that.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Robert Hancock <hancockr@xxxxxxx>
>

Ack,
 
> --- 
> linux-2.6.20-rc3-git4-orig/drivers/media/video/cx88/cx88-tvaudio.c	2007-01-04 19:51:45.000000000 -0600
> +++ 
> linux-2.6.20-rc3-git4/drivers/media/video/cx88/cx88-tvaudio.c	2007-01-04 19:25:19.000000000 -0600
> @@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
> #include <linux/module.h>
> #include <linux/moduleparam.h>
> #include <linux/errno.h>
> +#include <linux/freezer.h>
> #include <linux/kernel.h>
> #include <linux/slab.h>
> #include <linux/mm.h>

but your patch was whitespace-damaged. Can you retry?

> @@ -961,6 +962,7 @@ int cx88_audio_thread(void *data)
> 		msleep_interruptible(1000);
> 		if (kthread_should_stop())
> 			break;
> +		try_to_freeze();
> 

							Pavel

-- 
Thanks for all the (sleeping) penguins.
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