tree 5f99d5cb69d50c5f46d1ee3fa7c3dfec705e20d5
parent 45c009a9a447655aecbdb06c86126f05d0272171
author Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com> 1367186896 +0200
committer Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com> 1367186896 +0200

cpufreq: Revert incorrect commit 5800043

Commit 5800043 (cpufreq: convert cpufreq_driver to using RCU) causes
the following call trace to be spit on boot:

 BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at /scratch/rafael/work/linux-pm/mm/slab.c:3179
 in_atomic(): 0, irqs_disabled(): 0, pid: 292, name: systemd-udevd
 2 locks held by systemd-udevd/292:
  #0:  (subsys mutex){+.+.+.}, at: [<ffffffff8146851a>] subsys_interface_register+0x4a/0xe0
  #1:  (rcu_read_lock){.+.+.+}, at: [<ffffffff81538210>] cpufreq_add_dev_interface+0x60/0x5e0
 Pid: 292, comm: systemd-udevd Not tainted 3.9.0-rc8+ #323
 Call Trace:
  [<ffffffff81072c90>] __might_sleep+0x140/0x1f0
  [<ffffffff811581c2>] kmem_cache_alloc+0x42/0x2b0
  [<ffffffff811e7179>] sysfs_new_dirent+0x59/0x130
  [<ffffffff811e63cb>] sysfs_add_file_mode+0x6b/0x110
  [<ffffffff81538210>] ? cpufreq_add_dev_interface+0x60/0x5e0
  [<ffffffff810a3254>] ? __lock_is_held+0x54/0x80
  [<ffffffff811e647d>] sysfs_add_file+0xd/0x10
  [<ffffffff811e6541>] sysfs_create_file+0x21/0x30
  [<ffffffff81538280>] cpufreq_add_dev_interface+0xd0/0x5e0
  [<ffffffff81538210>] ? cpufreq_add_dev_interface+0x60/0x5e0
  [<ffffffffa000337f>] ? acpi_processor_get_platform_limit+0x32/0xbb [processor]
  [<ffffffffa022f540>] ? do_drv_write+0x70/0x70 [acpi_cpufreq]
  [<ffffffff810a3254>] ? __lock_is_held+0x54/0x80
  [<ffffffff8106c97e>] ? up_read+0x1e/0x40
  [<ffffffff8106e632>] ? __blocking_notifier_call_chain+0x72/0xc0
  [<ffffffff81538dbd>] cpufreq_add_dev+0x62d/0xae0
  [<ffffffff815389b8>] ? cpufreq_add_dev+0x228/0xae0
  [<ffffffff81468569>] subsys_interface_register+0x99/0xe0
  [<ffffffffa014d000>] ? 0xffffffffa014cfff
  [<ffffffff81535d5d>] cpufreq_register_driver+0x9d/0x200
  [<ffffffffa014d000>] ? 0xffffffffa014cfff
  [<ffffffffa014d0e9>] acpi_cpufreq_init+0xe9/0x1000 [acpi_cpufreq]
  [<ffffffff810002fa>] do_one_initcall+0x11a/0x170
  [<ffffffff810b4b87>] load_module+0x1cf7/0x2920
  [<ffffffff81322580>] ? ddebug_proc_open+0xb0/0xb0
  [<ffffffff816baee0>] ? retint_restore_args+0xe/0xe
  [<ffffffff810b5887>] sys_init_module+0xd7/0x120
  [<ffffffff816bb6d2>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b

which is quite obvious, because that commit put (multiple instances
of) sysfs_create_file() under rcu_read_lock()/rcu_read_unlock(),
although sysfs_create_file() may cause memory to be allocated with
GFP_KERNEL and that may sleep, which is not permitted in RCU read
critical section.

Revert the buggy commit altogether along with some changes on top
of it.

Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>