Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 18 Jan 2008 15:55:13 +0100 | From | Jan Kiszka <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] printk deadlocks if called with runqueue lock held |
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Steven Rostedt wrote: ... > @@ -978,7 +980,13 @@ void release_console_sem(void) > console_locked = 0; > up(&console_sem);
Hmm, just looking at this fragment: Doesn't up() include the risk of running onto the runqueue lock as well?
> spin_unlock_irqrestore(&logbuf_lock, flags); > - if (wake_klogd) > + /* > + * If we try to wake up klogd while printing with the runqueue lock > + * held, this will deadlock. We don't have access to the runqueue > + * lock from here, but just checking for interrupts disabled > + * should be enough. > + */ > + if (!irqs_disabled() && wake_klogd) > wake_up_klogd(); > } > EXPORT_SYMBOL(release_console_sem);
Jan
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