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-rw-r--r--sound/core/pcm_native.c16
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/sound/core/pcm_native.c b/sound/core/pcm_native.c
index a8b27cdc2844..4ba64fd49759 100644
--- a/sound/core/pcm_native.c
+++ b/sound/core/pcm_native.c
@@ -74,6 +74,18 @@ static int snd_pcm_open(struct file *file, struct snd_pcm *pcm, int stream);
static DEFINE_RWLOCK(snd_pcm_link_rwlock);
static DECLARE_RWSEM(snd_pcm_link_rwsem);
+/* Writer in rwsem may block readers even during its waiting in queue,
+ * and this may lead to a deadlock when the code path takes read sem
+ * twice (e.g. one in snd_pcm_action_nonatomic() and another in
+ * snd_pcm_stream_lock()). As a (suboptimal) workaround, let writer to
+ * spin until it gets the lock.
+ */
+static inline void down_write_nonblock(struct rw_semaphore *lock)
+{
+ while (!down_write_trylock(lock))
+ cond_resched();
+}
+
/**
* snd_pcm_stream_lock - Lock the PCM stream
* @substream: PCM substream
@@ -1813,7 +1825,7 @@ static int snd_pcm_link(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream, int fd)
res = -ENOMEM;
goto _nolock;
}
- down_write(&snd_pcm_link_rwsem);
+ down_write_nonblock(&snd_pcm_link_rwsem);
write_lock_irq(&snd_pcm_link_rwlock);
if (substream->runtime->status->state == SNDRV_PCM_STATE_OPEN ||
substream->runtime->status->state != substream1->runtime->status->state ||
@@ -1860,7 +1872,7 @@ static int snd_pcm_unlink(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream)
struct snd_pcm_substream *s;
int res = 0;
- down_write(&snd_pcm_link_rwsem);
+ down_write_nonblock(&snd_pcm_link_rwsem);
write_lock_irq(&snd_pcm_link_rwlock);
if (!snd_pcm_stream_linked(substream)) {
res = -EALREADY;