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author | Yong Zhang <yong.zhang@windriver.com> | 2010-10-20 15:57:32 -0700 |
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committer | Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> | 2010-10-22 14:46:25 +0200 |
commit | 1118e2cd33d47254854e1ba3ba8e32802ff14fdf (patch) | |
tree | 09bb7b87d78ecfa542a419640f36505fac11fb79 /kernel | |
parent | 6f1bc451e6a79470b122a37ee1fc6bbca450f444 (diff) | |
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timer: Del_timer_sync() can be used in softirq context
Actually we have used del_timer_sync() in softirq context for a long time,
e.g. in __dst_free()::cancel_delayed_work().
So change the comments of it to warn on hardirq context only, and make
lockdep know about this change.
Signed-off-by: Yong Zhang <yong.zhang0@gmail.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel')
-rw-r--r-- | kernel/timer.c | 8 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/timer.c b/kernel/timer.c index 47b86c1..612de03 100644 --- a/kernel/timer.c +++ b/kernel/timer.c @@ -959,7 +959,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(try_to_del_timer_sync); * * Synchronization rules: Callers must prevent restarting of the timer, * otherwise this function is meaningless. It must not be called from - * interrupt contexts. The caller must not hold locks which would prevent + * hardirq contexts. The caller must not hold locks which would prevent * completion of the timer's handler. The timer's handler must not call * add_timer_on(). Upon exit the timer is not queued and the handler is * not running on any CPU. @@ -969,12 +969,10 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(try_to_del_timer_sync); int del_timer_sync(struct timer_list *timer) { #ifdef CONFIG_LOCKDEP - unsigned long flags; - - local_irq_save(flags); + local_bh_disable(); lock_map_acquire(&timer->lockdep_map); lock_map_release(&timer->lockdep_map); - local_irq_restore(flags); + local_bh_enable(); #endif for (;;) { |