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From: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
To: patches@x86-64.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH for 2.6.19] [9/9] x86_64: Fix race in exit_idle
Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2006 17:08:59 +0100 (CET)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20061114160900.0838F13C98@wotan.suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20061114508.445749000@suse.de>


When another interrupt happens in exit_idle the exit idle notifier
could be called an incorrect number of times.

Add a test_and_clear_bit_pda and use it handle the bit
atomically against interrupts to avoid this.

Pointed out by Stephane Eranian

Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>

---
 arch/x86_64/kernel/process.c |    3 +--
 include/asm-x86_64/pda.h     |    9 +++++++++
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Index: linux/include/asm-x86_64/pda.h
===================================================================
--- linux.orig/include/asm-x86_64/pda.h
+++ linux/include/asm-x86_64/pda.h
@@ -109,6 +109,15 @@ extern struct x8664_pda _proxy_pda;
 #define sub_pda(field,val) pda_to_op("sub",field,val)
 #define or_pda(field,val) pda_to_op("or",field,val)
 
+/* This is not atomic against other CPUs -- CPU preemption needs to be off */
+#define test_and_clear_bit_pda(bit,field) ({		\
+	int old__;						\
+	asm volatile("btr %2,%%gs:%c3\n\tsbbl %0,%0"		\
+	    : "=r" (old__), "+m" (_proxy_pda.field) 		\
+	    : "dIr" (bit), "i" (pda_offset(field)) : "memory");	\
+	old__;							\
+})
+
 #endif
 
 #define PDA_STACKOFFSET (5*8)
Index: linux/arch/x86_64/kernel/process.c
===================================================================
--- linux.orig/arch/x86_64/kernel/process.c
+++ linux/arch/x86_64/kernel/process.c
@@ -88,9 +88,8 @@ void enter_idle(void)
 
 static void __exit_idle(void)
 {
-	if (read_pda(isidle) == 0)
+	if (test_and_clear_bit_pda(0, isidle) == 0)
 		return;
-	write_pda(isidle, 0);
 	atomic_notifier_call_chain(&idle_notifier, IDLE_END, NULL);
 }
 

      parent reply	other threads:[~2006-11-14 16:10 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-11-14 16:08 [PATCH for 2.6.19] [1/9] x86_64: Fix partial page check to ensure unusable memory is not being marked usable Andi Kleen
2006-11-14 16:08 ` [PATCH for 2.6.19] [2/9] x86_64: Fix PTRACE_[SG]ET_THREAD_AREA regression with ia32 emulation Andi Kleen
2006-11-14 16:08 ` [PATCH for 2.6.19] [3/9] x86_64: shorten the x86_64 boot setup GDT to what the comment says Andi Kleen
2006-11-15 10:00   ` Ingo Molnar
2006-11-14 16:08 ` [PATCH for 2.6.19] [4/9] x86_64: Handle reserve_bootmem_generic beyond end_pfn Andi Kleen
2006-11-14 16:08 ` [PATCH for 2.6.19] [5/9] x86_64: setup saved_max_pfn correctly (kdump) Andi Kleen
2006-11-14 16:08 ` [PATCH for 2.6.19] [6/9] x86_64: Update MMCONFIG resource insertion to check against e820 map Andi Kleen
2006-11-14 18:38   ` Andi Kleen
2006-11-14 18:47     ` Aaron Durbin
2006-11-14 18:58       ` Andi Kleen
2006-11-14 16:08 ` [PATCH for 2.6.19] [7/9] x86: Add acpi_user_timer_override option for Asus boards Andi Kleen
2006-11-14 16:08 ` [PATCH for 2.6.19] [8/9] x86_64: Fix vgetcpu when CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU is disabled Andi Kleen
2006-11-14 16:08 ` Andi Kleen [this message]

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