HID: update BKL comment in hiddev
Update comment explaining BKL usage in legacy hiddev driver. Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>
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@ -267,6 +267,7 @@ static int hiddev_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
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struct hiddev_list *list;
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int res, i;
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/* See comment in hiddev_connect() for BKL explanation */
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lock_kernel();
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i = iminor(inode) - HIDDEV_MINOR_BASE;
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@ -894,8 +895,22 @@ int hiddev_connect(struct hid_device *hid, unsigned int force)
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hiddev->hid = hid;
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hiddev->exist = 1;
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/* when lock_kernel() usage is fixed in usb_open(),
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* we could also fix it here */
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/*
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* BKL here is used to avoid race after usb_register_dev().
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* Once the device node has been created, open() could happen on it.
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* The code below will then fail, as hiddev_table hasn't been
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* updated.
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*
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* The obvious fix -- introducing mutex to guard hiddev_table[]
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* doesn't work, as usb_open() and usb_register_dev() both take
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* minor_rwsem, thus we'll have ABBA deadlock.
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*
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* Before BKL pushdown, usb_open() had been acquiring it in right
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* order, so _open() was safe to use it to protect from this race.
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* Now the order is different, but AB-BA deadlock still doesn't occur
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* as BKL is dropped on schedule() (i.e. while sleeping on
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* minor_rwsem). Fugly.
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*/
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lock_kernel();
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retval = usb_register_dev(usbhid->intf, &hiddev_class);
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if (retval) {
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