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charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: "linux-arm-kernel" Errors-To: linux-arm-kernel-bounces+linux-arm-kernel=archiver.kernel.org@lists.infradead.org On Wed, Apr 05, 2023 at 12:44:04PM +0200, Frederic Weisbecker wrote: > On Tue, Apr 04, 2023 at 04:42:24PM +0300, Yair Podemsky wrote: > > + int state = atomic_read(&ct->state); > > + /* will return true only for cpus in kernel space */ > > + return state & CT_STATE_MASK == CONTEXT_KERNEL; > > +} > > Also note that this doesn't stricly prevent userspace from being interrupted. > You may well observe the CPU in kernel but it may receive the IPI later after > switching to userspace. > > We could arrange for avoiding that with marking ct->state with a pending work bit > to flush upon user entry/exit but that's a bit more overhead so I first need to > know about your expectations here, ie: can you tolerate such an occasional > interruption or not? Bah, actually what can we do to prevent from that racy IPI? Not much I fear... _______________________________________________ linux-arm-kernel mailing list linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-arm-kernel