Re: [PATCH][input-led] Defer input led work to workqueue

From: Valdis . Kletnieks
Date: Tue Aug 26 2014 - 14:49:43 EST


On Tue, 26 Aug 2014 03:54:53 +0200, Samuel Thibault said:
> This changeset defers the second led_trigger_event call into a
> workqueue, which avoids the nested locking altogether. This does
> not prevent the user from shooting himself in the foot by creating a
> vt::capsl <-> vt-capsl loop, but the only consequence is the workqueue
> threads eating some CPU until the user breaks the loop, which is not too
> bad.
>
> Signed-off-by: Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> --- a/drivers/input/leds.c
> +++ b/drivers/input/leds.c
> @@ -100,13 +100,25 @@ static unsigned long vt_led_registered[B

I admit having zero understanding of the code, but I can confirm that
next-20140825 still throws the lockdep whine I was seeing, but the same
tree with this patch on top of it boots without warning. Soo...

Tested-By: Valdis Kletnieks <valdis.kletnieks@xxxxxx>

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