Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 23 Jul 2011 15:03:48 -0700 | From | "Paul E. McKenney" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH RFC] rtmutex: Permit rt_mutex_unlock() to be invoked with irqs disabled |
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On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 01:32:48PM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote: > On Tue, 2011-07-19 at 13:14 -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote: > > Because rcu_read_unlock() can be invoked with interrupts disabled, it can > > in turn invoke rt_mutex_unlock() with interrupts disabled. This situation > > results in lockdep splats (https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/7/7/362) because the > > rt_mutex structure's ->lock_wait is acquired elsewhere without disabling > > interrupts, which can result in deadlocks. > > > > This commit therefore changes the rt_mutex structure's ->lock_wait > > acquisitions to disable interrupts. > > > > An alternative fix is to prohibit invoking rcu_read_unlock() with > > interrupts disabled unless the entire preceding RCU read-side critical > > section has run with interrupts disabled. However, there is already > > at least one case in mainline where this potential rule is violated, > > and there might well be many more. These would likely be found one at > > a time using the lockdep-water-torture method, hence the alternative > > fix in the form of this commit. > > Thomas, I'm inclined to merge this, any objections?
FWIW, it has been passing tests here.
Thanx, Paul
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