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ACPICA: Namespace: Fix deadlock triggered by MLC support in dynamic table loading

The new module-level code (MLC) approach invokes MLC on the per-table
basis, but the dynamic loading support of this is incorrect because
of the lock order:

 acpi_ns_evaluate
   acpi_ex_enter_intperter
     acpi_ns_load_table (triggered by Load opcode)
       acpi_ns_exec_module_code_list
         acpi_ex_enter_intperter

The regression is introduced by the following commit:

  Commit: 2785ce8d0da1cac9d8f78615e116cf929e9a9123
  ACPICA Commit: 071eff738c59eda1792ac24b3b688b61691d7e7c
  Subject: ACPICA: Add per-table execution of module-level code

This patch fixes this regression by unlocking the interpreter lock
before invoking MLC.  However, the unlocking is done to the
acpi_ns_load_table(), in which the interpreter lock should be locked
by acpi_ns_parse_table() but it wasn't.

Fixes: 2785ce8d0da1 (ACPICA: Add per-table execution of module-level code)
Reported-by: Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@linux.intel.com>
Tested-by: Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Lv Zheng <lv.zheng@intel.com>
Cc: 4.5+ <stable@vger.kernel.org> # 4.5+
[ rjw : Subject ]
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
Lv Zheng 9 years ago
parent
commit
2f38b1b16d
2 changed files with 9 additions and 2 deletions
  1. 2 0
      drivers/acpi/acpica/exconfig.c
  2. 7 2
      drivers/acpi/acpica/nsparse.c

+ 2 - 0
drivers/acpi/acpica/exconfig.c

@@ -108,7 +108,9 @@ acpi_ex_add_table(u32 table_index,
 
 	/* Add the table to the namespace */
 
+	acpi_ex_exit_interpreter();
 	status = acpi_ns_load_table(table_index, parent_node);
+	acpi_ex_enter_interpreter();
 	if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)) {
 		acpi_ut_remove_reference(obj_desc);
 		*ddb_handle = NULL;

+ 7 - 2
drivers/acpi/acpica/nsparse.c

@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
 #include "acparser.h"
 #include "acdispat.h"
 #include "actables.h"
+#include "acinterp.h"
 
 #define _COMPONENT          ACPI_NAMESPACE
 ACPI_MODULE_NAME("nsparse")
@@ -170,6 +171,8 @@ acpi_ns_parse_table(u32 table_index, struct acpi_namespace_node *start_node)
 
 	ACPI_FUNCTION_TRACE(ns_parse_table);
 
+	acpi_ex_enter_interpreter();
+
 	/*
 	 * AML Parse, pass 1
 	 *
@@ -185,7 +188,7 @@ acpi_ns_parse_table(u32 table_index, struct acpi_namespace_node *start_node)
 	status = acpi_ns_one_complete_parse(ACPI_IMODE_LOAD_PASS1,
 					    table_index, start_node);
 	if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)) {
-		return_ACPI_STATUS(status);
+		goto error_exit;
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -201,8 +204,10 @@ acpi_ns_parse_table(u32 table_index, struct acpi_namespace_node *start_node)
 	status = acpi_ns_one_complete_parse(ACPI_IMODE_LOAD_PASS2,
 					    table_index, start_node);
 	if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)) {
-		return_ACPI_STATUS(status);
+		goto error_exit;
 	}
 
+error_exit:
+	acpi_ex_exit_interpreter();
 	return_ACPI_STATUS(status);
 }