RE: [PATCH v2 1/3] mei: vsc: Call wake_up() in the threaded IRQ handler

From: Wu, Wentong
Date: Wed Feb 21 2024 - 22:26:36 EST


> From: Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> The hard IRQ handler vsc_tp_irq() is called with a raw spinlock taken.
> wake_up() acquires a spinlock, a sleeping lock on PREEMPT_RT.

Does this mean we can't use wake_up() in isr?

BR,
Wentong

> This leads to sleeping in atomic context.
>
> Move the wake_up() call to the threaded IRQ handler vsc_tp_thread_isr()
> where it can be safely called.
>
> Fixes: 566f5ca97680 ("mei: Add transport driver for IVSC device")
> Signed-off-by: Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/misc/mei/vsc-tp.c | 4 ++--
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/misc/mei/vsc-tp.c b/drivers/misc/mei/vsc-tp.c index
> 6f4a4be6ccb5..2b69ada9349e 100644
> --- a/drivers/misc/mei/vsc-tp.c
> +++ b/drivers/misc/mei/vsc-tp.c
> @@ -416,8 +416,6 @@ static irqreturn_t vsc_tp_isr(int irq, void *data)
>
> atomic_inc(&tp->assert_cnt);
>
> - wake_up(&tp->xfer_wait);
> -
> return IRQ_WAKE_THREAD;
> }
>
> @@ -425,6 +423,8 @@ static irqreturn_t vsc_tp_thread_isr(int irq, void
> *data) {
> struct vsc_tp *tp = data;
>
> + wake_up(&tp->xfer_wait);
> +
> if (tp->event_notify)
> tp->event_notify(tp->event_notify_context);
>
> --
> 2.39.2