On Mon, 11 Feb 2013 14:15:32 -0700, Stephen Warren <swar...@wwwdotorg.org> wrote: > From: Stephen Warren <swar...@nvidia.com> > > of_get_next_available_child() acquires devtree_lock, then calls > of_device_is_available() which calls of_get_property() which calls > of_find_property() which tries to re-acquire devtree_lock, thus causing > deadlock. > > To avoid this, create a new __of_device_is_available() which calls > __of_get_property() instead, which calls __of_find_property(), which > does not take the lock,. Update of_get_next_available_child() to call > the new __of_device_is_available() since it already owns the lock. > > Signed-off-by: Stephen Warren <swar...@nvidia.com>
Thanks for looking at this Stephen. I ended up applying my version of this patch though just because it was more convenient to do so. It was pretty much identical anyway. g. _______________________________________________ devicetree-discuss mailing list devicetree-discuss@lists.ozlabs.org https://lists.ozlabs.org/listinfo/devicetree-discuss
