[PATCH 069/145] Drivers: hv: Execute shutdown in a thread context

[Kamal Mostafa]

3.8.13.5 -stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: "K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

commit 3dd6cb497198a0533a2530b6a345c60c9a29b9bc upstream.

Execute the shutdown code in a thread context. With recent changes made to the
shutdown code, shutdown code cannot be invoked from an interrupt context.

Signed-off-by: K. Y. Srinivasan <kys@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Joseph Salisbury <joseph.salisbury@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Luis Henriques <luis.henriques@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 drivers/hv/hv_util.c | 12 +++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/hv/hv_util.c b/drivers/hv/hv_util.c
index a0667de..c64be4f 100644
--- a/drivers/hv/hv_util.c
+++ b/drivers/hv/hv_util.c
@@ -49,6 +49,16 @@ static struct hv_util_service util_kvp = {
 	.util_deinit = hv_kvp_deinit,
 };
 
+static void perform_shutdown(struct work_struct *dummy)
+{
+	orderly_poweroff(true);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Perform the shutdown operation in a thread context.
+ */
+static DECLARE_WORK(shutdown_work, perform_shutdown);
+
 static void shutdown_onchannelcallback(void *context)
 {
 	struct vmbus_channel *channel = context;
@@ -106,7 +116,7 @@ static void shutdown_onchannelcallback(void *context)
 	}
 
 	if (execute_shutdown == true)
-		orderly_poweroff(true);
+		schedule_work(&shutdown_work);
 }
 
 /*
-- 
1.8.1.2

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