V4L/DVB (6291): Fix: avoid oops on some SMP machines
This workaround fix a bug that happens on some SMP machines. On those machines,
videobuf_iolock is called too soon, before file .mmap handler. This patch calls
the scheduler before iolocking, allowing it to properly call the pending mmap.
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@infradead.org>
diff --git a/drivers/media/video/videobuf-core.c b/drivers/media/video/videobuf-core.c
index 8e4026e..aa402ab 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/videobuf-core.c
+++ b/drivers/media/video/videobuf-core.c
@@ -94,6 +94,14 @@
MAGIC_CHECK(vb->magic,MAGIC_BUFFER);
MAGIC_CHECK(q->int_ops->magic,MAGIC_QTYPE_OPS);
+ /* FIXME: This is required to avoid OOPS on some cases, since mmap_mapper()
+ method should be called before _iolock.
+ On some cases, the mmap_mapper() is called only after scheduling.
+
+ However, this way is just too dirty! Better to wait for some event.
+ */
+ schedule_timeout(HZ);
+
return CALL(q,iolock,q,vb,fbuf);
}