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authorLi Zhong <zhong@linux.vnet.ibm.com>2011-12-18 16:03:04 +0000
committerBenjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>2012-01-03 12:09:27 +1100
commite4f387d8db3ba3c2dae4d8bdfe7bb5f4fe1bcb0d (patch)
tree148f0524d6f8413dbc5ed09e9bf056e2592649e6 /arch/powerpc/sysdev
parent1bb0b7d21584b3f878e2bc880db62351ddee5185 (diff)
powerpc: Fix unpaired probe_hcall_entry and probe_hcall_exit
Unpaired calling of probe_hcall_entry and probe_hcall_exit might happen as following, which could cause incorrect preempt count. __trace_hcall_entry => trace_hcall_entry -> probe_hcall_entry => get_cpu_var => preempt_disable __trace_hcall_exit => trace_hcall_exit -> probe_hcall_exit => put_cpu_var => preempt_enable where: A => B and A -> B means A calls B, but => means A will call B through function name, and B will definitely be called. -> means A will call B through function pointer, so B might not be called if the function pointer is not set. So error happens when only one of probe_hcall_entry and probe_hcall_exit get called during a hcall. This patch tries to move the preempt count operations from probe_hcall_entry and probe_hcall_exit to its callers. Reported-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Li Zhong <zhong@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Tested-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> CC: stable@kernel.org [v2.6.32+] Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
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