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From: Al Viro <viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>
To: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
Cc: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@sandeen.net>,
	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	xfs@oss.sgi.com, Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: 3.14-rc2 XFS backtrace because irqs_disabled.
Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2014 17:54:07 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20140217175407.GE18016@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20140217174648.GA6176@redhat.com>

On Mon, Feb 17, 2014 at 06:46:48PM +0100, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
> > pulling the logics *out* of kernel/signal.c and into arch/*.
> 
> Not really, I think.

How so?  You propose to make all architectures call do_coredump()
themselves, instead of having it done centrally.  It's more boilerplate
for all of them to get wrong.  And IME any boilerplate in that are
*will* be gotten wrong - I've gone through signal handling on all
architectures more than a few times and every time it caught a pile
of bugs...

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From: Al Viro <viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>
To: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
	Dave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com>, Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com>,
	Eric Sandeen <sandeen@sandeen.net>,
	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	xfs@oss.sgi.com
Subject: Re: 3.14-rc2 XFS backtrace because irqs_disabled.
Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2014 17:54:07 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20140217175407.GE18016@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20140217174648.GA6176@redhat.com>

On Mon, Feb 17, 2014 at 06:46:48PM +0100, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
> > pulling the logics *out* of kernel/signal.c and into arch/*.
> 
> Not really, I think.

How so?  You propose to make all architectures call do_coredump()
themselves, instead of having it done centrally.  It's more boilerplate
for all of them to get wrong.  And IME any boilerplate in that are
*will* be gotten wrong - I've gone through signal handling on all
architectures more than a few times and every time it caught a pile
of bugs...

  reply	other threads:[~2014-02-17 17:54 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 132+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-02-11 17:27 3.14-rc2 XFS backtrace because irqs_disabled Dave Jones
2014-02-11 17:27 ` Dave Jones
2014-02-11 21:08 ` Dave Chinner
2014-02-11 21:08   ` Dave Chinner
2014-02-11 21:49   ` Eric Sandeen
2014-02-11 21:49     ` Eric Sandeen
2014-02-12  0:44     ` Dave Jones
2014-02-12  0:44       ` Dave Jones
2014-02-12  1:09       ` Al Viro
2014-02-12  1:09         ` Al Viro
2014-02-12  2:52         ` Linus Torvalds
2014-02-12  2:52           ` Linus Torvalds
2014-02-12  4:03           ` Dave Jones
2014-02-12  4:03             ` Dave Jones
2014-02-12  4:22             ` Al Viro
2014-02-12  4:22               ` Al Viro
2014-02-12  5:40               ` Dave Chinner
2014-02-12  5:40                 ` Dave Chinner
2014-02-12  5:50                 ` Dave Jones
2014-02-12  5:50                   ` Dave Jones
2014-02-12  6:10                   ` Dave Chinner
2014-02-12  6:10                     ` Dave Chinner
2014-02-12  6:31                     ` Dave Chinner
2014-02-12  6:31                       ` Dave Chinner
2014-02-12  6:59                       ` Linus Torvalds
2014-02-12  6:59                         ` Linus Torvalds
2014-02-12  8:13                         ` Tejun Heo
2014-02-12  8:13                           ` Tejun Heo
2014-02-12 12:44                           ` Steven Rostedt
2014-02-12 12:44                             ` Steven Rostedt
2014-02-12  8:35                         ` Dave Chinner
2014-02-12  8:35                           ` Dave Chinner
2014-02-12 12:50                           ` Steven Rostedt
2014-02-12 12:50                             ` Steven Rostedt
2014-02-12 12:40                         ` Steven Rostedt
2014-02-12 12:40                           ` Steven Rostedt
2014-02-12 13:29                           ` Peter Zijlstra
2014-02-12 13:29                             ` Peter Zijlstra
2014-02-12 14:25                     ` Dave Jones
2014-02-12 14:25                       ` Dave Jones
2014-02-12 21:14                       ` Dave Chinner
2014-02-12 21:14                         ` Dave Chinner
2014-02-12 15:57                     ` Eric Sandeen
2014-02-12 15:57                       ` Eric Sandeen
2014-02-12  6:28                 ` Linus Torvalds
2014-02-12  6:28                   ` Linus Torvalds
2014-02-12  7:18                   ` Dave Chinner
2014-02-12  7:18                     ` Dave Chinner
2014-02-14  0:24                     ` Dave Chinner
2014-02-14  0:24                       ` Dave Chinner
2014-02-14 16:01                       ` Dave Jones
2014-02-14 16:01                         ` Dave Jones
2014-02-15 22:23                         ` Dave Chinner
2014-02-15 22:23                           ` Dave Chinner
2014-02-15 22:28                           ` Dave Jones
2014-02-15 22:28                             ` Dave Jones
2014-02-15 22:43                             ` Linus Torvalds
2014-02-15 22:43                               ` Linus Torvalds
2014-02-15 23:50                       ` Linus Torvalds
2014-02-15 23:50                         ` Linus Torvalds
2014-02-15 23:50                         ` Linus Torvalds
2014-02-18  1:27                         ` Dave Chinner
2014-02-18  1:27                           ` Dave Chinner
2014-02-18  1:27                           ` Dave Chinner
2014-02-12 11:39                   ` Al Viro
2014-02-12 11:39                     ` Al Viro
2014-02-12 20:13                     ` Linus Torvalds
2014-02-12 20:13                       ` Linus Torvalds
2014-02-12 21:14                       ` Al Viro
2014-02-12 21:14                         ` Al Viro
2014-02-12 21:32                         ` Linus Torvalds
2014-02-12 21:32                           ` Linus Torvalds
2014-02-12 21:44                           ` Al Viro
2014-02-12 21:44                             ` Al Viro
2014-02-13 20:51                             ` Al Viro
2014-02-13 20:51                               ` Al Viro
2014-02-14  0:09                               ` Al Viro
2014-02-14  0:09                                 ` Al Viro
2014-02-14 13:25                               ` Christoph Hellwig
2014-02-14 13:25                                 ` Christoph Hellwig
2014-02-14 13:29                                 ` Richard Weinberger
2014-02-14 13:29                                   ` Richard Weinberger
2014-02-14 15:20                                   ` Al Viro
2014-02-14 15:20                                     ` Al Viro
2014-02-14 16:08                                     ` Oleg Nesterov
2014-02-14 16:08                                       ` Oleg Nesterov
2014-02-13 17:40                           ` Oleg Nesterov
2014-02-13 17:40                             ` Oleg Nesterov
2014-02-13 17:58                             ` Linus Torvalds
2014-02-13 17:58                               ` Linus Torvalds
2014-02-13 18:10                               ` Oleg Nesterov
2014-02-13 18:10                                 ` Oleg Nesterov
2014-02-13 18:37                                 ` Oleg Nesterov
2014-02-13 18:37                                   ` Oleg Nesterov
2014-02-15  5:25                               ` Al Viro
2014-02-15  5:25                                 ` Al Viro
2014-02-15 14:27                                 ` Oleg Nesterov
2014-02-15 14:27                                   ` Oleg Nesterov
2014-02-15 15:22                                   ` Al Viro
2014-02-15 15:22                                     ` Al Viro
2014-02-15 15:33                                     ` Oleg Nesterov
2014-02-15 15:33                                       ` Oleg Nesterov
2014-02-15 15:36                                     ` Al Viro
2014-02-15 15:36                                       ` Al Viro
2014-02-15 15:58                                       ` Al Viro
2014-02-15 15:58                                         ` Al Viro
2014-02-15 16:59                                         ` Al Viro
2014-02-15 16:59                                           ` Al Viro
2014-02-15 17:43                                         ` Oleg Nesterov
2014-02-15 17:43                                           ` Oleg Nesterov
2014-02-15 18:05                                           ` Al Viro
2014-02-15 18:05                                             ` Al Viro
2014-02-15 18:45                                             ` Oleg Nesterov
2014-02-15 18:45                                               ` Oleg Nesterov
2014-02-17 16:57                                               ` Oleg Nesterov
2014-02-17 16:57                                                 ` Oleg Nesterov
2014-02-17 17:40                                                 ` Al Viro
2014-02-17 17:40                                                   ` Al Viro
2014-02-17 17:46                                                   ` Oleg Nesterov
2014-02-17 17:46                                                     ` Oleg Nesterov
2014-02-17 17:54                                                     ` Al Viro [this message]
2014-02-17 17:54                                                       ` Al Viro
2014-02-14 16:13                           ` Christoph Hellwig
2014-02-14 16:13                             ` Christoph Hellwig
2014-02-14 16:16                             ` Al Viro
2014-02-14 16:16                               ` Al Viro
2014-02-14 16:18                               ` Al Viro
2014-02-14 16:18                                 ` Al Viro
2014-02-14 16:19                               ` Christoph Hellwig
2014-02-14 16:19                                 ` Christoph Hellwig
2014-02-15 14:46                                 ` Oleg Nesterov
2014-02-15 14:46                                   ` Oleg Nesterov

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