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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2008-08-11 16:45:46 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2008-08-11 16:45:46 -0700
commit9b4d0bab32e18e4f72781f9fa309a81495b2aff3 (patch)
treece95c619d06d10bd0b2c0039f76a03deefaab2c2 /kernel/smp.c
parent7019b1b50097a94d0f8a77b81bee0b19b108c634 (diff)
parent23a0ee908cbfba3264d19729c67c22b20fa73886 (diff)
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Merge branch 'core-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip
* 'core-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: lockdep: fix debug_lock_alloc lockdep: increase MAX_LOCKDEP_KEYS generic-ipi: fix stack and rcu interaction bug in smp_call_function_mask() lockdep: fix overflow in the hlock shrinkage code lockdep: rename map_[acquire|release]() => lock_map_[acquire|release]() lockdep: handle chains involving classes defined in modules mm: fix mm_take_all_locks() locking order lockdep: annotate mm_take_all_locks() lockdep: spin_lock_nest_lock() lockdep: lock protection locks lockdep: map_acquire lockdep: shrink held_lock structure lockdep: re-annotate scheduler runqueues lockdep: lock_set_subclass - reset a held lock's subclass lockdep: change scheduler annotation debug_locks: set oops_in_progress if we will log messages. lockdep: fix combinatorial explosion in lock subgraph traversal
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/smp.c')
-rw-r--r--kernel/smp.c54
1 files changed, 47 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/smp.c b/kernel/smp.c
index 96fc7c0..e6084f6 100644
--- a/kernel/smp.c
+++ b/kernel/smp.c
@@ -260,6 +260,41 @@ void __smp_call_function_single(int cpu, struct call_single_data *data)
generic_exec_single(cpu, data);
}
+/* Dummy function */
+static void quiesce_dummy(void *unused)
+{
+}
+
+/*
+ * Ensure stack based data used in call function mask is safe to free.
+ *
+ * This is needed by smp_call_function_mask when using on-stack data, because
+ * a single call function queue is shared by all CPUs, and any CPU may pick up
+ * the data item on the queue at any time before it is deleted. So we need to
+ * ensure that all CPUs have transitioned through a quiescent state after
+ * this call.
+ *
+ * This is a very slow function, implemented by sending synchronous IPIs to
+ * all possible CPUs. For this reason, we have to alloc data rather than use
+ * stack based data even in the case of synchronous calls. The stack based
+ * data is then just used for deadlock/oom fallback which will be very rare.
+ *
+ * If a faster scheme can be made, we could go back to preferring stack based
+ * data -- the data allocation/free is non-zero cost.
+ */
+static void smp_call_function_mask_quiesce_stack(cpumask_t mask)
+{
+ struct call_single_data data;
+ int cpu;
+
+ data.func = quiesce_dummy;
+ data.info = NULL;
+ data.flags = CSD_FLAG_WAIT;
+
+ for_each_cpu_mask(cpu, mask)
+ generic_exec_single(cpu, &data);
+}
+
/**
* smp_call_function_mask(): Run a function on a set of other CPUs.
* @mask: The set of cpus to run on.
@@ -285,6 +320,7 @@ int smp_call_function_mask(cpumask_t mask, void (*func)(void *), void *info,
cpumask_t allbutself;
unsigned long flags;
int cpu, num_cpus;
+ int slowpath = 0;
/* Can deadlock when called with interrupts disabled */
WARN_ON(irqs_disabled());
@@ -306,15 +342,16 @@ int smp_call_function_mask(cpumask_t mask, void (*func)(void *), void *info,
return smp_call_function_single(cpu, func, info, wait);
}
- if (!wait) {
- data = kmalloc(sizeof(*data), GFP_ATOMIC);
- if (data)
- data->csd.flags = CSD_FLAG_ALLOC;
- }
- if (!data) {
+ data = kmalloc(sizeof(*data), GFP_ATOMIC);
+ if (data) {
+ data->csd.flags = CSD_FLAG_ALLOC;
+ if (wait)
+ data->csd.flags |= CSD_FLAG_WAIT;
+ } else {
data = &d;
data->csd.flags = CSD_FLAG_WAIT;
wait = 1;
+ slowpath = 1;
}
spin_lock_init(&data->lock);
@@ -331,8 +368,11 @@ int smp_call_function_mask(cpumask_t mask, void (*func)(void *), void *info,
arch_send_call_function_ipi(mask);
/* optionally wait for the CPUs to complete */
- if (wait)
+ if (wait) {
csd_flag_wait(&data->csd);
+ if (unlikely(slowpath))
+ smp_call_function_mask_quiesce_stack(allbutself);
+ }
return 0;
}
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