Re: [PATCH v2] powerpc/eeh: Fix recursive locking on devices without EEH sensitive driver

From: Madhavan Srinivasan

Date: Wed Sep 09 2026 - 02:23:36 EST


On Tue, 14 Jul 2026 17:16:23 +0000, Shivaprasad G Bhat wrote:
> The commit 1010b4c012b0 ("powerpc/eeh: Make EEH driver device hotplug
> safe") refactored the EEH code such that the pci_rescan_remove_lock is
> held at the beginning of eeh_handle_normal_event() and the
> eeh_reset_device() is called with that lock being held. Looks like the
> commit missed to remove the existing lock/unlock inside eeh_rmv_device()
> which is no longer necessary. This is causing the eehd to hang on the
> lock which it actually holds when that code path is taken.
>
> [...]

Applied to powerpc/fixes.

[1/1] powerpc/eeh: Fix recursive locking on devices without EEH sensitive driver
https://git.kernel.org/powerpc/c/c5e68706527968282e49de205cc2b935823cb88a

cheers