On Saturday, August 03, 2013 05:19:26 PM Viresh Kumar wrote:
> Governor's owner refcount usage was broken. We should increment refcount only
> when CPUFREQ_GOV_POLICY_INIT event has come and should decrement only if
> CPUFREQ_GOV_POLICY_EXIT has come.
> 
> Lets fix it.

OK, and what happens if we don't fix it?

Rafael


> Signed-off-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.ku...@linaro.org>
> ---
>  drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c | 14 +++++++-------
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
> index e9b969f..74d4969 100644
> --- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
> +++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
> @@ -1707,8 +1707,9 @@ static int __cpufreq_governor(struct cpufreq_policy 
> *policy,
>               }
>       }
>  
> -     if (!try_module_get(policy->governor->owner))
> -             return -EINVAL;
> +     if (event == CPUFREQ_GOV_POLICY_INIT)
> +             if (!try_module_get(policy->governor->owner))
> +                     return -EINVAL;
>  
>       pr_debug("__cpufreq_governor for CPU %u, event %u\n",
>                                               policy->cpu, event);
> @@ -1717,6 +1718,8 @@ static int __cpufreq_governor(struct cpufreq_policy 
> *policy,
>       if ((!policy->governor_enabled && (event == CPUFREQ_GOV_STOP)) ||
>           (policy->governor_enabled && (event == CPUFREQ_GOV_START))) {
>               mutex_unlock(&cpufreq_governor_lock);
> +             if (event == CPUFREQ_GOV_POLICY_INIT)
> +                     module_put(policy->governor->owner);
>               return -EBUSY;
>       }
>  
> @@ -1744,11 +1747,8 @@ static int __cpufreq_governor(struct cpufreq_policy 
> *policy,
>               mutex_unlock(&cpufreq_governor_lock);
>       }
>  
> -     /* we keep one module reference alive for
> -                     each CPU governed by this CPU */
> -     if ((event != CPUFREQ_GOV_START) || ret)
> -             module_put(policy->governor->owner);
> -     if ((event == CPUFREQ_GOV_STOP) && !ret)
> +     if (((event == CPUFREQ_GOV_POLICY_INIT) && ret) ||
> +                     ((event == CPUFREQ_GOV_POLICY_EXIT) && !ret))
>               module_put(policy->governor->owner);
>  
>       return ret;
> 
-- 
I speak only for myself.
Rafael J. Wysocki, Intel Open Source Technology Center.
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