Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | Date | Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:27:57 +0200 | From | Ingo Molnar <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] x86: sparse_irq need spin_lock in alloc |
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* Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> wrote:
> * Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> wrote: > > > Each of these locks can be made local to the function in which they > > are used (and hence they should be made local). > > > > It would be nice to add a comment explaining what they are protecting, > > unless that is obvious (I didn't look). > > ok - i moved the locks next to the data structure they protect (the free > list head), and added a small exlanation as well - as per the commit > below.
they also need to be irqsafe locks, as they might be taken inside irq-safe locks. Updated patch below.
Ingo
From a532e19680ada3b8579b81e67e76d3ebd19c340f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Yinghai Lu <yhlu.kernel@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2008 20:46:25 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] x86: sparse_irq needs spin_lock in allocations
Suresh Siddha noticed that we should have a spinlock around it.
Signed-off-by: Yinghai Lu <yhlu.kernel@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> --- arch/x86/kernel/io_apic.c | 13 ++++++++++++- kernel/irq/handle.c | 13 ++++++++++++- 2 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/io_apic.c b/arch/x86/kernel/io_apic.c index 34c74cf..7ca5566 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/io_apic.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/io_apic.c @@ -146,6 +146,12 @@ static void init_one_irq_cfg(struct irq_cfg *cfg) } static struct irq_cfg *irq_cfgx; + +/* + * Protect the irq_cfgx_free freelist: + */ +static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(irq_cfg_lock); + #ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_SPARSE_IRQ static struct irq_cfg *irq_cfgx_free; #endif @@ -213,8 +219,9 @@ static struct irq_cfg *irq_cfg(unsigned int irq) static struct irq_cfg *irq_cfg_alloc(unsigned int irq) { struct irq_cfg *cfg, *cfg_pri; - int i; + unsigned long flags; int count = 0; + int i; cfg_pri = cfg = irq_cfgx; while (cfg) { @@ -226,6 +233,7 @@ static struct irq_cfg *irq_cfg_alloc(unsigned int irq) count++; } + spin_lock_irqsave(&irq_cfg_lock, flags); if (!irq_cfgx_free) { unsigned long phys; unsigned long total_bytes; @@ -263,6 +271,9 @@ static struct irq_cfg *irq_cfg_alloc(unsigned int irq) else irq_cfgx = cfg; cfg->irq = irq; + + spin_unlock_irqrestore(&irq_cfg_lock, flags); + printk(KERN_DEBUG "found new irq_cfg for irq %d\n", cfg->irq); #ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_SPARSE_IRQ_DEBUG { diff --git a/kernel/irq/handle.c b/kernel/irq/handle.c index 24c83a3..d638a91 100644 --- a/kernel/irq/handle.c +++ b/kernel/irq/handle.c @@ -107,6 +107,11 @@ static void init_kstat_irqs(struct irq_desc *desc, int nr_desc, int nr) } } +/* + * Protect the sparse_irqs_free freelist: + */ +static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(sparse_irq_lock); + #ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_SPARSE_IRQ static struct irq_desc *sparse_irqs_free; struct irq_desc *sparse_irqs; @@ -166,11 +171,13 @@ struct irq_desc *irq_to_desc(unsigned int irq) } return NULL; } + struct irq_desc *irq_to_desc_alloc(unsigned int irq) { struct irq_desc *desc, *desc_pri; - int i; + unsigned long flags; int count = 0; + int i; desc_pri = desc = sparse_irqs; while (desc) { @@ -182,6 +189,7 @@ struct irq_desc *irq_to_desc_alloc(unsigned int irq) count++; } + spin_lock_irqsave(&sparse_irq_lock, flags); /* * we run out of pre-allocate ones, allocate more */ @@ -223,6 +231,9 @@ struct irq_desc *irq_to_desc_alloc(unsigned int irq) else sparse_irqs = desc; desc->irq = irq; + + spin_unlock_irqrestore(&sparse_irq_lock, flags); + printk(KERN_DEBUG "found new irq_desc for irq %d\n", desc->irq); #ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_SPARSE_IRQ_DEBUG {
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