Input: serio - fix potential deadlock when unbinding drivers
sysfs_remove_group() waits for sysfs attributes to be removed, therefore we do not need to worry about driver-specific attributes being accessed after driver has been detached from the device. In fact, attempts to take serio->drv_mutex in attribute methods may lead to the following deadlock: sysfs_read_file() fill_read_buffer() sysfs_get_active_two() psmouse_attr_show_helper() serio_pin_driver() serio_disconnect_driver() mutex_lock(&serio->drv_mutex); <--------> mutex_lock(&serio_drv_mutex); psmouse_disconnect() sysfs_remove_group(... psmouse_attr_group); .... sysfs_deactivate(); wait_for_completion(); Fix this by removing calls to serio_[un]pin_driver() and functions themselves and using driver-private mutexes to serialize access to attribute's set() methods that may change device state. Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@mail.ru>
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