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From: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
To: John Kacur <jkacur@redhat.com>, Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@redhat.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
	lkml <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>,
	Clark Williams <williams@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 25/26] kprobes: Convert to raw_spinlocks
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2010 04:54:45 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20100112035443.GI5243@nowhere> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1263245216-14754-26-git-send-email-jkacur@redhat.com>

On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 10:26:55PM +0100, John Kacur wrote:
> Convert locks which cannot be sleeping locks in preempt-rt to raw_spinlocks.
> 
> See also dc23e836d8d25fe5aa4057d54dae2094fbc614f6
> 
> Signed-off-by: John Kacur <jkacur@redhat.com>
> ---
>  include/linux/kprobes.h |    2 +-
>  kernel/kprobes.c        |   34 +++++++++++++++++-----------------
>  2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/kprobes.h b/include/linux/kprobes.h
> index 1b672f7..620df87 100644
> --- a/include/linux/kprobes.h
> +++ b/include/linux/kprobes.h
> @@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ struct kretprobe {
>  	int nmissed;
>  	size_t data_size;
>  	struct hlist_head free_instances;
> -	spinlock_t lock;
> +	raw_spinlock_t lock;
>  };


Indeed, this lock seems to be taken when a probe triggers, which
can happen in about every places/context.

Please add a comment to explain this though.

(Adding Masami in Cc).


  parent reply	other threads:[~2010-01-12  3:54 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 38+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-01-11 21:26 [PATCH 00/26] Convert locks that can't sleep in -rt to raw_spinlock John Kacur
2010-01-11 21:26 ` [PATCH 01/26] xtime_lock: Convert atomic_seqlock to raw_seqlock, fix up all users John Kacur
2010-01-11 21:26   ` [PATCH 02/26] seqlock: Create raw_seqlock John Kacur
2010-01-11 21:26     ` [PATCH 03/26] x86: Convert tlbstate_lock to raw_spinlock John Kacur
2010-01-11 21:26       ` [PATCH 04/26] sched: Convert thread_group_cputimer lock " John Kacur
2010-01-11 21:26         ` [PATCH 05/26] x86: Convert ioapic_lock and vector_lock to raw_spinlocks John Kacur
2010-01-11 21:26           ` [PATCH 06/26] x86: Convert i8259A_lock to raw_spinlock John Kacur
2010-01-11 21:26             ` [PATCH 07/26] x86: Convert pci_config_lock " John Kacur
2010-01-11 21:26               ` [PATCH 08/26] i8253: Convert i8253_lock " John Kacur
2010-01-11 21:26                 ` [PATCH 09/26] x86: Convert set_atomicity_lock " John Kacur
2010-01-11 21:26                   ` [PATCH 10/26] ACPI: Convert c3_lock " John Kacur
2010-01-11 21:26                     ` [PATCH 11/26] rtmutex: Convert wait_lock and pi_lock " John Kacur
2010-01-11 21:26                       ` [PATCH 12/26] printk: Convert lock " John Kacur
2010-01-11 21:26                         ` [PATCH 13/26] genirq: Convert locks to raw_spinlocks John Kacur
2010-01-11 21:26                           ` [PATCH 14/26] trace: Convert various locks to raw_spinlock John Kacur
2010-01-11 21:26                             ` [PATCH 15/26] clocksource: Convert watchdog_lock " John Kacur
2010-01-11 21:26                               ` [PATCH 16/26] timer_stats: Convert to raw_spinlocks John Kacur
2010-01-11 21:26                                 ` [PATCH 17/26] x86: kvm: Convert i8254/i8259 locks to raw_spinlock John Kacur
2010-01-11 21:26                                   ` [PATCH 18/26] x86 - nmi: Convert nmi_lock " John Kacur
2010-01-11 21:26                                     ` [PATCH 19/26] cgroups: Convert cgroups release_list_lock " John Kacur
2010-01-11 21:26                                       ` [PATCH 20/26] proportions: Convert spinlocks to raw_spinlocks John Kacur
2010-01-11 21:26                                         ` [PATCH 21/26] percpu_counter: Convert to raw_spinlock John Kacur
2010-01-11 21:26                                           ` [PATCH 22/26] oprofile: " John Kacur
2010-01-11 21:26                                             ` [PATCH 23/26] vgacon: Convert vga console lock " John Kacur
2010-01-11 21:26                                               ` [PATCH 24/26] pci-access: Convert pci_lock " John Kacur
2010-01-11 21:26                                                 ` [PATCH 25/26] kprobes: Convert to raw_spinlocks John Kacur
2010-01-11 21:26                                                   ` [PATCH 26/26] softlockup: " John Kacur
2010-01-12  3:54                                                   ` Frederic Weisbecker [this message]
2010-01-11 21:50                                       ` [PATCH 19/26] cgroups: Convert cgroups release_list_lock to raw_spinlock Paul Menage
2010-01-11 22:11                                         ` John Kacur
2010-01-12  3:39                             ` [PATCH 14/26] trace: Convert various locks " Frederic Weisbecker
2010-01-13 15:28                               ` Steven Rostedt
2010-01-13 15:36                                 ` John Kacur
2010-01-13 15:41                                   ` Steven Rostedt
2010-01-13 18:09                                     ` John Kacur
2010-01-17 13:00                                       ` Frederic Weisbecker
2010-01-12  3:24 ` [PATCH 00/26] Convert locks that can't sleep in -rt " Frederic Weisbecker
2010-01-12  3:49   ` Frederic Weisbecker

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