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i2c-core: Fix for lockdep validator

If kernel is compiled with CONFIG_PROVE_LOCKING the
validator raises an error when a multiplexer is removed
via sysfs and sub-clients are connected to it. This is a
false positive.
Documentation/lockdep-design.txt recommends to handle this
via calls to mutex_lock_nested().

Based on an earlier fix from Michael Lawnick.

Note that the extra code resolves to nothing unless
CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC=y.

Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
Cc: Michael Lawnick <ml.lawnick@gmx.de>
Jean Delvare 12 years ago
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1 changed files with 20 additions and 2 deletions
  1. 20 2
      drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c

+ 20 - 2
drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c

@@ -636,6 +636,22 @@ static void i2c_adapter_dev_release(struct device *dev)
 	complete(&adap->dev_released);
 }
 
+/*
+ * This function is only needed for mutex_lock_nested, so it is never
+ * called unless locking correctness checking is enabled. Thus we
+ * make it inline to avoid a compiler warning. That's what gcc ends up
+ * doing anyway.
+ */
+static inline unsigned int i2c_adapter_depth(struct i2c_adapter *adapter)
+{
+	unsigned int depth = 0;
+
+	while ((adapter = i2c_parent_is_i2c_adapter(adapter)))
+		depth++;
+
+	return depth;
+}
+
 /*
  * Let users instantiate I2C devices through sysfs. This can be used when
  * platform initialization code doesn't contain the proper data for
@@ -726,7 +742,8 @@ i2c_sysfs_delete_device(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
 
 	/* Make sure the device was added through sysfs */
 	res = -ENOENT;
-	mutex_lock(&adap->userspace_clients_lock);
+	mutex_lock_nested(&adap->userspace_clients_lock,
+			  i2c_adapter_depth(adap));
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(client, next, &adap->userspace_clients,
 				 detected) {
 		if (client->addr == addr) {
@@ -1073,7 +1090,8 @@ int i2c_del_adapter(struct i2c_adapter *adap)
 		return res;
 
 	/* Remove devices instantiated from sysfs */
-	mutex_lock(&adap->userspace_clients_lock);
+	mutex_lock_nested(&adap->userspace_clients_lock,
+			  i2c_adapter_depth(adap));
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(client, next, &adap->userspace_clients,
 				 detected) {
 		dev_dbg(&adap->dev, "Removing %s at 0x%x\n", client->name,