diff options
| author | Artem Bityutskiy <Artem.Bityutskiy@nokia.com> | 2007-12-25 19:13:33 +0300 |
|---|---|---|
| committer | Artem Bityutskiy <Artem.Bityutskiy@nokia.com> | 2007-12-26 20:15:17 +0300 |
| commit | 783b273afab43437dca731a229d53d72faf77fd3 (patch) | |
| tree | daadf822539189bcc81d64a609f2b084849114e5 /drivers | |
| parent | 897a316c9e6f7fea6f1d3759797b75c0ebaec479 (diff) | |
| download | linux-783b273afab43437dca731a229d53d72faf77fd3.tar.xz | |
UBI: use separate mutex for volumes checking
Introduce a separate mutex which serializes volumes checking,
because we cammot really use volumes_mutex - it cases reverse
locking problems with mtd_tbl_mutex when gluebi is used -
thanks to lockdep.
Signed-off-by: Artem Bityutskiy <Artem.Bityutskiy@nokia.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/mtd/ubi/build.c | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/mtd/ubi/kapi.c | 11 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/mtd/ubi/ubi.h | 1 |
3 files changed, 5 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/ubi/build.c b/drivers/mtd/ubi/build.c index 70c0b9a9e6e3..6ac133994f94 100644 --- a/drivers/mtd/ubi/build.c +++ b/drivers/mtd/ubi/build.c @@ -703,6 +703,7 @@ int ubi_attach_mtd_dev(struct mtd_info *mtd, int ubi_num, int vid_hdr_offset) goto out_free; mutex_init(&ubi->buf_mutex); + mutex_init(&ubi->ckvol_mutex); ubi->peb_buf1 = vmalloc(ubi->peb_size); if (!ubi->peb_buf1) goto out_free; diff --git a/drivers/mtd/ubi/kapi.c b/drivers/mtd/ubi/kapi.c index 4ec3a33b2577..146957c3380d 100644 --- a/drivers/mtd/ubi/kapi.c +++ b/drivers/mtd/ubi/kapi.c @@ -169,17 +169,12 @@ struct ubi_volume_desc *ubi_open_volume(int ubi_num, int vol_id, int mode) desc->vol = vol; desc->mode = mode; - /* - * To prevent simultaneous checks of the same volume we use - * @volumes_mutex, although it is not the purpose it was introduced - * for. - */ - mutex_lock(&ubi->volumes_mutex); + mutex_lock(&ubi->ckvol_mutex); if (!vol->checked) { /* This is the first open - check the volume */ err = ubi_check_volume(ubi, vol_id); if (err < 0) { - mutex_unlock(&ubi->volumes_mutex); + mutex_unlock(&ubi->ckvol_mutex); ubi_close_volume(desc); return ERR_PTR(err); } @@ -190,7 +185,7 @@ struct ubi_volume_desc *ubi_open_volume(int ubi_num, int vol_id, int mode) } vol->checked = 1; } - mutex_unlock(&ubi->volumes_mutex); + mutex_unlock(&ubi->ckvol_mutex); return desc; diff --git a/drivers/mtd/ubi/ubi.h b/drivers/mtd/ubi/ubi.h index 2a6171226f1f..ef22f922f580 100644 --- a/drivers/mtd/ubi/ubi.h +++ b/drivers/mtd/ubi/ubi.h @@ -392,6 +392,7 @@ struct ubi_device { void *peb_buf1; void *peb_buf2; struct mutex buf_mutex; + struct mutex ckvol_mutex; #ifdef CONFIG_MTD_UBI_DEBUG void *dbg_peb_buf; struct mutex dbg_buf_mutex; |