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Re: [PATCH] xen: take system_transition_mutex on suspend



On 9/22/25 1:06 AM, Jürgen Groß wrote:
On 21.09.25 18:28, Marek Marczykowski-Górecki wrote:
Xen's do_suspend() calls dpm_suspend_start() without taking required
system_transition_mutex. Since 12ffc3b1513eb moved the
pm_restrict_gfp_mask() call, not taking that mutex results in a WARN.

Take the mutex in do_suspend(), and use mutex_trylock() to follow
how enter_state() does this.

Suggested-by: Jürgen Groß <jgross@xxxxxxxx>
Fixes: 12ffc3b1513eb "PM: Restrict swap use to later in the suspend sequence"
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/xen-devel/aKiBJeqsYx_4Top5@mail-itl/
Signed-off-by: Marek Marczykowski-Górecki <marmarek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # v6.16+

Reviewed-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@xxxxxxxx>


Juergen

Reviewed-by: Mario Limonciello (AMD) <superm1@xxxxxxxxxx>



 


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