From ab699ec64a4294f2f6ccd34b9bf8a2dcb4c4cb3c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ben Skeggs Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2010 15:02:32 +1000 Subject: [PATCH] drm/nouveau: drop drm_global_mutex before sleeping in submission path If we keep hold of the mutex here, the process which currently holds the buffer object will never be able to release it, causing a deadlock. Signed-off-by: Ben Skeggs --- drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_gem.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_gem.c index 613f878e6d0..93711dfcafc 100644 --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_gem.c +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_gem.c @@ -337,7 +337,9 @@ retry: return -EINVAL; } + mutex_unlock(&drm_global_mutex); ret = ttm_bo_wait_cpu(&nvbo->bo, false); + mutex_lock(&drm_global_mutex); if (ret) { NV_ERROR(dev, "fail wait_cpu\n"); return ret; -- 2.39.3