Re: [PATCH 2/3] sound: dummy, use del_timer_sync

From: Takashi Iwai
Date: Mon Jan 19 2015 - 04:52:52 EST


At Mon, 19 Jan 2015 10:42:55 +0100,
Jiri Slaby wrote:
>
> Wait for the timer to really quit, not only by ensuring it is not in
> the critical section.
>
> BTW the spin_lock in here does not disable BH, so that it could
> deadlock.

The stop function is called from the PCM trigger callback which is
irq-disabled. So, you can't use del_timer_sync() here.


thanks,

Takashi

>
> Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby <jslaby@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Jaroslav Kysela <perex@xxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: alsa-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> ---
> sound/drivers/dummy.c | 6 +++---
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/sound/drivers/dummy.c b/sound/drivers/dummy.c
> index d11baaf0f0b4..6d6bf4093583 100644
> --- a/sound/drivers/dummy.c
> +++ b/sound/drivers/dummy.c
> @@ -281,9 +281,9 @@ static int dummy_systimer_start(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream)
> static int dummy_systimer_stop(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream)
> {
> struct dummy_systimer_pcm *dpcm = substream->runtime->private_data;
> - spin_lock(&dpcm->lock);
> - del_timer(&dpcm->timer);
> - spin_unlock(&dpcm->lock);
> +
> + del_timer_sync(&dpcm->timer);
> +
> return 0;
> }
>
> --
> 2.2.1
>
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