linux/debian/patches/features/all/rt/0105-relay-fix-timer-madnes...

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From f1b9277c8523774819cd00dc1b0f2c401db94a88 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2009 08:44:07 -0500
Subject: [105/256] relay: fix timer madness
remove timer calls (!!!) from deep within the tracing infrastructure.
This was totally bogus code that can cause lockups and worse. Poll
the buffer every 2 jiffies for now.
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
---
kernel/relay.c | 14 +++++---------
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/relay.c b/kernel/relay.c
index ab56a17..0fb9799 100644
--- a/kernel/relay.c
+++ b/kernel/relay.c
@@ -340,6 +340,10 @@ static void wakeup_readers(unsigned long data)
{
struct rchan_buf *buf = (struct rchan_buf *)data;
wake_up_interruptible(&buf->read_wait);
+ /*
+ * Stupid polling for now:
+ */
+ mod_timer(&buf->timer, jiffies + 1);
}
/**
@@ -357,6 +361,7 @@ static void __relay_reset(struct rchan_buf *buf, unsigned int init)
init_waitqueue_head(&buf->read_wait);
kref_init(&buf->kref);
setup_timer(&buf->timer, wakeup_readers, (unsigned long)buf);
+ mod_timer(&buf->timer, jiffies + 1);
} else
del_timer_sync(&buf->timer);
@@ -739,15 +744,6 @@ size_t relay_switch_subbuf(struct rchan_buf *buf, size_t length)
else
buf->early_bytes += buf->chan->subbuf_size -
buf->padding[old_subbuf];
- smp_mb();
- if (waitqueue_active(&buf->read_wait))
- /*
- * Calling wake_up_interruptible() from here
- * will deadlock if we happen to be logging
- * from the scheduler (trying to re-grab
- * rq->lock), so defer it.
- */
- mod_timer(&buf->timer, jiffies + 1);
}
old = buf->data;