From: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@glider.be>
Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2015 09:14:14 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: PM / Domains: Avoid infinite loops in attach/detach code
X-Git-Tag: omap-for-v4.2/fixes-rc2-v2~30^2~1^4
X-Git-Url: http://git.openpandora.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=93af5e93544328285a6f65f7d47bbea8979b28fb;p=pandora-kernel.git

PM / Domains: Avoid infinite loops in attach/detach code

If pm_genpd_{add,remove}_device() keeps on failing with -EAGAIN, we end
up with an infinite loop in genpd_dev_pm_{at,de}tach().

This may happen due to a genpd.prepared_count imbalance.  This is a bug
elsewhere, but it will result in a system lock up, possibly during
reboot of an otherwise functioning system.

To avoid this, put a limit on the maximum number of loop iterations,
using an exponential back-off mechanism.  If the limit is reached, the
operation will just fail.  An error message is already printed.

Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@glider.be>
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
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