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The function mutex_lock()\ninternally calls __might_resched(), which will check if IRQs are\ndisabled and in case IRQs are disabled, it will trigger the warning.\n\nFix the issue by changing the mutex lock to spinlock.\n\n[mpe: Fix comments, trim oops in change log, add reported-by tags]", "affected": [ { "vendor": "Linux", "product": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "versions": [ { "version": "8f95faaac56c18b32d0e23ace55417a440abdb7e", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git", "lessThan": "d0c6d2a31026102d4738b47a610bed4401b9834f" }, { "version": "8f95faaac56c18b32d0e23ace55417a440abdb7e", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git", "lessThan": "8cbeb60320ac45a8240b561c8ef466b86c34dedc" }, { "version": "8f95faaac56c18b32d0e23ace55417a440abdb7e", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git", "lessThan": "a90d339f1f66be4a946769b565668e2bd0686dfa" }, { "version": "8f95faaac56c18b32d0e23ace55417a440abdb7e", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git", "lessThan": "424bcb570cb320d1d15238cd4c933522b90f78fa" }, { "version": "8f95faaac56c18b32d0e23ace55417a440abdb7e", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git", "lessThan": "76d588dddc459fefa1da96e0a081a397c5c8e216" } ] }, { "vendor": "Linux", "product": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "affected", "versions": [ { "version": "4.14", "status": "affected" }, { "version": "0", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver", "lessThan": "4.14" }, { "version": "5.4.229", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver", "lessThanOrEqual": "5.4.*" }, { "version": "5.10.164", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver", "lessThanOrEqual": "5.10.*" }, { "version": "5.15.89", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver", "lessThanOrEqual": "5.15.*" }, { "version": "6.1.7", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.1.*" }, { "version": "6.2", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix", "lessThanOrEqual": "*" } ] } ] } } }