linux/kernel
Herbert Xu a98ce5c6fe Fix synchronize_irq races with IRQ handler
As it is some callers of synchronize_irq rely on memory barriers
to provide synchronisation against the IRQ handlers.  For example,
the tg3 driver does

	tp->irq_sync = 1;
	smp_mb();
	synchronize_irq();

and then in the IRQ handler:

	if (!tp->irq_sync)
		netif_rx_schedule(dev, &tp->napi);

Unfortunately memory barriers only work well when they come in
pairs.  Because we don't actually have memory barriers on the
IRQ path, the memory barrier before the synchronize_irq() doesn't
actually protect us.

In particular, synchronize_irq() may return followed by the
result of netif_rx_schedule being made visible.

This patch (mostly written by Linus) fixes this by using spin
locks instead of memory barries on the synchronize_irq() path.

Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
Acked-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-10-23 09:01:31 -07:00
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irq Fix synchronize_irq races with IRQ handler 2007-10-23 09:01:31 -07:00
power trivial copy_data_pages() tidy up 2007-10-20 02:26:04 +02:00
time Merge branch 'release' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lenb/linux-acpi-2.6 2007-10-19 13:12:46 -07:00
.gitignore
acct.c whitespace fixes: process accounting 2007-10-18 14:37:24 -07:00
audit_tree.c [PATCH] audit: watching subtrees 2007-10-21 02:37:45 -04:00
audit.c [PATCH] audit: watching subtrees 2007-10-21 02:37:45 -04:00
audit.h [PATCH] audit: watching subtrees 2007-10-21 02:37:45 -04:00
auditfilter.c [PATCH] audit: watching subtrees 2007-10-21 02:37:45 -04:00
auditsc.c auditsc: fix kernel-doc param warnings 2007-10-22 19:40:02 -07:00
capability.c Uninline find_pid etc set of functions 2007-10-19 11:53:41 -07:00
cgroup_debug.c Task Control Groups: simple task cgroup debug info subsystem 2007-10-19 11:53:36 -07:00
cgroup.c Control groups: Replace "cont" with "cgrp" and other misc renaming 2007-10-19 11:53:43 -07:00
compat.c Merge ssh://master.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tglx/linux-2.6-hrt 2007-10-18 15:12:41 -07:00
configs.c use simple_read_from_buffer in kernel/ 2007-05-09 12:30:49 -07:00
cpu_acct.c Task Control Groups: example CPU accounting subsystem 2007-10-19 11:53:36 -07:00
cpu.c CPU HOTPLUG: avoid hotadd when proper possible_map isn't specified 2007-10-19 11:53:44 -07:00
cpuset.c hotplug cpu: migrate a task within its cpuset 2007-10-19 11:53:44 -07:00
delayacct.c Add scaled time to taskstats based process accounting 2007-10-18 14:37:28 -07:00
dma.c whitespace fixes: DMA channel allocator 2007-10-18 14:37:24 -07:00
exec_domain.c whitespace fixes: execution domains 2007-10-18 14:37:26 -07:00
exit.c Uninline fork.c/exit.c 2007-10-19 11:53:56 -07:00
extable.c
fork.c Uninline fork.c/exit.c 2007-10-19 11:53:56 -07:00
futex_compat.c Uninline find_task_by_xxx set of functions 2007-10-19 11:53:40 -07:00
futex.c Uninline find_task_by_xxx set of functions 2007-10-19 11:53:40 -07:00
hrtimer.c fix comment: unlock_hrtimer_base is the counterpart of lock_hrtimer_base 2007-10-20 01:56:53 +02:00
itimer.c whitespace fixes: interval timers 2007-10-18 14:37:26 -07:00
kallsyms.c kallsyms: make KSYM_NAME_LEN include space for trailing '\0' 2007-07-17 10:23:03 -07:00
Kconfig.hz
Kconfig.instrumentation Linux Kernel Markers 2007-10-19 11:53:54 -07:00
Kconfig.preempt Move PREEMPT_NOTIFIERS into an always-included Kconfig 2007-10-17 08:42:55 -07:00
kexec.c Extended crashkernel command line 2007-10-19 11:53:49 -07:00
kfifo.c is_power_of_2: kernel/kfifo.c 2007-07-16 09:05:50 -07:00
kmod.c Restore call_usermodehelper_pipe() behaviour 2007-09-11 17:21:20 -07:00
kprobes.c kprobes: support kretprobe blacklist 2007-10-16 09:43:10 -07:00
ksysfs.c add-vmcore: cleanup the coding style according to Andrew's comments 2007-10-17 08:42:54 -07:00
kthread.c kthread: silence bogus section mismatch warning 2007-07-31 15:39:42 -07:00
latency.c
lockdep_internals.h
lockdep_proc.c lockdep: Avoid /proc/lockdep & lock_stat infinite output 2007-10-11 22:11:11 +02:00
lockdep.c Use helpers to obtain task pid in printks 2007-10-19 11:53:43 -07:00
Makefile [PATCH] audit: watching subtrees 2007-10-21 02:37:45 -04:00
marker.c Linux Kernel Markers 2007-10-19 11:53:54 -07:00
module.c Linux Kernel Markers 2007-10-19 11:53:54 -07:00
mutex-debug.c
mutex-debug.h
mutex.c lockdep: fixup mutex annotations 2007-10-11 22:11:12 +02:00
mutex.h
notifier.c Add kernel/notifier.c 2007-10-19 11:53:34 -07:00
ns_cgroup.c cgroups: implement namespace tracking subsystem 2007-10-19 11:53:37 -07:00
nsproxy.c pid namespaces: allow cloning of new namespace 2007-10-19 11:53:39 -07:00
panic.c trivial comment wording/typo fix regarding taint flags 2007-10-20 00:30:06 +02:00
params.c param_sysfs_builtin memchr argument fix 2007-10-18 14:37:21 -07:00
pid.c Uninline the task_xid_nr_ns() calls 2007-10-19 11:53:41 -07:00
posix-cpu-timers.c Isolate some explicit usage of task->tgid 2007-10-19 11:53:40 -07:00
posix-timers.c Isolate some explicit usage of task->tgid 2007-10-19 11:53:40 -07:00
printk.c serial: turn serial console suspend a boot rather than compile time option 2007-10-18 14:37:19 -07:00
profile.c make kernel/profile.c:time_hook static 2007-10-17 08:42:55 -07:00
ptrace.c Isolate some explicit usage of task->tgid 2007-10-19 11:53:40 -07:00
rcupdate.c Clean up duplicate includes in kernel/ 2007-10-17 08:42:48 -07:00
rcutorture.c Make rcutorture RNG use temporal entropy 2007-10-17 08:42:53 -07:00
relay.c whitespace fixes: relayfs 2007-10-18 14:37:24 -07:00
resource.c memory unplug: memory hotplug cleanup 2007-10-16 09:43:01 -07:00
rtmutex_common.h FUTEX: Tidy up the code 2007-07-16 09:05:49 -07:00
rtmutex-debug.c Use helpers to obtain task pid in printks 2007-10-19 11:53:43 -07:00
rtmutex-debug.h
rtmutex-tester.c Freezer: make kernel threads nonfreezable by default 2007-07-17 10:23:02 -07:00
rtmutex.c Use helpers to obtain task pid in printks 2007-10-19 11:53:43 -07:00
rtmutex.h
rwsem.c lockstat: hook into spinlock_t, rwlock_t, rwsem and mutex 2007-07-19 10:04:49 -07:00
sched_debug.c sched: reduce schedstat variable overhead a bit 2007-10-18 21:32:56 +02:00
sched_fair.c sched: fix new task startup crash 2007-10-17 16:55:11 +02:00
sched_idletask.c sched: mark scheduling classes as const 2007-10-15 17:00:12 +02:00
sched_rt.c sched: tidy up SCHED_RR 2007-10-15 17:00:13 +02:00
sched_stats.h sched: reduce schedstat variable overhead a bit 2007-10-18 21:32:56 +02:00
sched.c sched: don't clear PF_VCPU in scheduler 2007-10-22 12:03:29 +02:00
seccomp.c make seccomp zerocost in schedule 2007-07-16 09:05:50 -07:00
signal.c Use helpers to obtain task pid in printks 2007-10-19 11:53:43 -07:00
softirq.c [KERNEL]: Unexport raise_softirq_irqoff 2007-10-10 16:49:18 -07:00
softlockup.c Use helpers to obtain task pid in printks 2007-10-19 11:53:43 -07:00
spinlock.c lockstat: hook into spinlock_t, rwlock_t, rwsem and mutex 2007-07-19 10:04:49 -07:00
srcu.c
stacktrace.c
stop_machine.c Fix stop_machine_run problem with naughty real time process 2007-07-16 09:05:41 -07:00
sys_ni.c kernel/sys_ni.c: add dummy sys_ni_syscall() prototype 2007-10-17 08:42:55 -07:00
sys.c Isolate the explicit usage of signal->pgrp 2007-10-19 11:53:43 -07:00
sysctl_check.c Fix appletalk sysctl entry name 2007-10-22 19:15:59 -07:00
sysctl.c pid namespaces: changes to show virtual ids to user 2007-10-19 11:53:40 -07:00
taskstats.c Fix misspellings of "system", "controller", "interrupt" and "necessary". 2007-10-19 23:10:43 +02:00
time.c whitespace fixes: time syscalls 2007-10-18 14:37:24 -07:00
timer.c pid namespaces: changes to show virtual ids to user 2007-10-19 11:53:40 -07:00
tsacct.c Add scaled time to taskstats based process accounting 2007-10-18 14:37:28 -07:00
uid16.c
user_namespace.c Fix user namespace exiting OOPs 2007-09-19 11:24:18 -07:00
user.c Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mingo/linux-2.6-sched 2007-10-17 09:11:18 -07:00
utsname_sysctl.c remove CONFIG_UTS_NS and CONFIG_IPC_NS 2007-07-16 09:05:47 -07:00
utsname.c Fix UTS corruption during clone(CLONE_NEWUTS) 2007-09-19 11:24:17 -07:00
wait.c
workqueue.c Use helpers to obtain task pid in printks 2007-10-19 11:53:43 -07:00