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SubjectRe: mmotm 2010-03-09-19-15: Lot of scheduling while atomic warnings related to RCU
> a/lib/kobject_uevent.c~sysctl-fix-up-remaining-references-to-uevent_helper-fix
> +++ a/lib/kobject_uevent.c
> @@ -273,10 +273,11 @@ int kobject_uevent_env(struct kobject *k
> #endif
>
> /* call uevent_helper, usually only enabled during early boot */
> + rcu_read_lock();
> helper = rcu_dereference(uevent_helper);
> if (helper[0])
> retval = uevent_call_helper(subsystem, env);
> -
> + rcu_read_unlock();
> exit:

The data actually has to be copied, there's a helper for this in rcustring.
I'll try to send a patch later.

> loads/unloads while changing uevent_helper. Anywho, should be easy to fix,
> Mel, can you modify the code to copy helper to a private variable, then unlock
> the rcu read side prior to calling uevent_call_helper? I imagine that would be

Yes, except rcustring already has a helper for that :)

-Andi


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