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From: Zhang Le <robert@thizgroup.com>
To: liyu <liyu@ccoss.com.cn>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [Question] I doublt on spin_lock again.
Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 10:51:22 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4383D92A.9070409@thizgroup.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4383CE48.60007@ccoss.com.cn>

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liyu wrote:

| 1. I found these use spin_lock(&rq->lock) in set_user_nice(), but
| not disable interrput ( e.g.  when sys_nice() call it ),  if the
| one timer interrput come before we unlock the spin_lock, Shall we
| dead lock here?  Since the scheduler_tick() may try to hold the
| same lock.

set_user_nice() -> task_rq_lock -> local_irq_save()

|
| 2. # define __acquires(x)    __attribute__((context(0,1))) # define
| __releases(x)    __attribute__((context(1,0))) # define
| __acquire(x)    __context__(1) # define __release(x)
| __context__(-1)

info gcc

BTW, have you ever read "HOWTO do Linux kernel development" be Greg?
Do it, if you haven't

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  reply	other threads:[~2005-11-23  2:51 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2005-11-23  2:04 [Question] I doublt on spin_lock again liyu
2005-11-23  2:51 ` Zhang Le [this message]
2005-11-23  2:56   ` liyu
2005-11-23  4:09     ` Zhang Le

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