[PATCH 2.6.10-mm2 Resend] Fix preemption race [1/3] (Core/i386)

[tglx]

The idle-thread-preemption-fix.patch introduced a race, which is not 
critical, but might give us an extra turn through the scheduler. When
interrupts are reenabled in entry.c and an interrupt occures before we
reach the add_preempt_schedule() in preempt_schedule we get rescheduled
again in the return from interrupt path.

The patch prevents this by leaving interrupts disabled and calling a
a seperate function preempt_schedule_irq().

This split adds different plausibility checks for irq context calls 
and kernel calls.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

---
arch/i386/kernel/entry.S |    6 ++----
kernel/sched.c           |   42 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 44 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
---
Index: 2.6.10-mm2/kernel/sched.c
===================================================================
--- 2.6.10-mm2/kernel/sched.c	(revision 148)
+++ 2.6.10-mm2/kernel/sched.c	(working copy)
@@ -2870,6 +2870,48 @@
 }
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(preempt_schedule);
+
+/*
+ * this is is the entry point to schedule() from kernel preemption
+ * off of irq context. 
+ * Note, that this is called and return with irqs disabled. This will
+ * protect us against recursive calling from irq.
+ */
+asmlinkage void __sched preempt_schedule_irq(void)
+{
+	struct thread_info *ti = current_thread_info();
+#ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPT_BKL
+	struct task_struct *task = current;
+	int saved_lock_depth;
+#endif
+	/* Catch callers which need to be fixed*/
+	BUG_ON(ti->preempt_count || !irqs_disabled());
+
+need_resched:
+	add_preempt_count(PREEMPT_ACTIVE);
+	/*
+	 * We keep the big kernel semaphore locked, but we
+	 * clear ->lock_depth so that schedule() doesnt
+	 * auto-release the semaphore:
+	 */
+#ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPT_BKL
+	saved_lock_depth = task->lock_depth;
+	task->lock_depth = -1;
+#endif
+	local_irq_enable();
+	schedule();
+	local_irq_disable();
+#ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPT_BKL
+	task->lock_depth = saved_lock_depth;
+#endif
+	sub_preempt_count(PREEMPT_ACTIVE);
+
+	/* we could miss a preemption opportunity between schedule and now */
+	barrier();
+	if (unlikely(test_thread_flag(TIF_NEED_RESCHED)))
+		goto need_resched;
+}
+
 #endif /* CONFIG_PREEMPT */
 
 int default_wake_function(wait_queue_t *curr, unsigned mode, int sync, void *key)
Index: 2.6.10-mm2/arch/i386/kernel/entry.S
===================================================================
--- 2.6.10-mm2/arch/i386/kernel/entry.S	(revision 148)
+++ 2.6.10-mm2/arch/i386/kernel/entry.S	(working copy)
@@ -189,6 +189,7 @@
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPT
 ENTRY(resume_kernel)
+	cli
 	cmpl $0,TI_preempt_count(%ebp)	# non-zero preempt_count ?
 	jnz restore_all
 need_resched:
@@ -197,10 +198,7 @@
 	jz restore_all
 	testl $IF_MASK,EFLAGS(%esp)     # interrupts off (exception path) ?
 	jz restore_all
-	sti
-	call preempt_schedule
-	cli
-	movl $0,TI_preempt_count(%ebp)
+	call preempt_schedule_irq(); 
 	jmp need_resched
 #endif
 
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