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SubjectRe: [PATCH] kasan: convert kasan/quarantine_lock to raw_spinlock
On 2018-10-10 11:45:32 [+0200], Dmitry Vyukov wrote:
> > Should I repost Clark's patch?
>
>
> I am much more comfortable with just changing the type of the lock.

Yes, that is what Clark's patch does. Should I resent it?

> What are the bad implications of using the raw spinlock? Will it help
> to do something along the following lines:
>
> // Because of ...
> #if CONFIG_RT
> #define quarantine_spinlock_t raw_spinlock_t
> #else
> #define quarantine_spinlock_t spinlock_t
> #endif

no. For !RT spinlock_t and raw_spinlock_t are the same. For RT
spinlock_t does not disable interrupts or preemption while
raw_spinlock_t does.
Therefore holding a raw_spinlock_t might increase your latency.

Sebastian

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