linux-stable/drivers/misc/carma
Ira Snyder 6c15d7afbb carma-fpga: fix race between data dumping and DMA callback
When the system is under heavy load, we occasionally saw a problem where
the system would get a legitimate interrupt when they should be
disabled.

This was caused by the data_dma_cb() DMA callback unconditionally
re-enabling FPGA interrupts even when data dumping is disabled. When
data dumping was re-enabled, the irq handler would fire while a DMA was
in progress. The "BUG_ON(priv->inflight != NULL);" during the second
invocation of the DMA callback caused the system to crash.

To fix the issue, the priv->enabled boolean is moved under the
protection of the priv->lock spinlock. The DMA callback checks the
boolean to know whether to re-enable FPGA interrupts before it returns.

Now that it is fixed, the driver keeps FPGA interrupts disabled when it
expects that they are disabled, fixing the bug.

Signed-off-by: Ira W. Snyder <iws@ovro.caltech.edu>
Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
2012-02-27 11:33:59 +11:00
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carma-fpga-program.c Merge branch 'next' of git://git.infradead.org/users/vkoul/slave-dma 2012-01-17 18:40:24 -08:00
carma-fpga.c carma-fpga: fix race between data dumping and DMA callback 2012-02-27 11:33:59 +11:00
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