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SubjectRe: [PATCH][RESEND] arm: Fix flush_dcache_page() for usage from irq context
On Fri, Aug 18, 2023 at 10:58:09PM +0200, Helge Deller wrote:
> Since at least kernel 6.1, flush_dcache_page() is called with IRQs
> disabled, e.g. from aio_complete().
>
> But the current implementation for flush_dcache_page() on ARM (32-bit)
> unintentionally re-enables IRQs, which may lead to deadlocks.
>
> Fix it by using xa_lock_irqsave() and xa_unlock_irqrestore()
> for the flush_dcache_mmap_*lock() macros instead.
>
> Cc: "Russell King (Oracle)" <linux@armlinux.org.uk>
> Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
> Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
> Reviewed-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
> Signed-off-by: Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de>

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