[GIT pull] genirq fixes for 2.6.31 -V2

[Thomas Gleixner]

Linus,

Please pull the latest irq-fixes-for-linus-2 git tree from:

   git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip.git irq-fixes-for-linus-2

Thanks for pointing out the obvious solution. 

I hope it's ok for you that I precautionary added your Signed-off-by
to the commit.

Thanks,

	tglx

------------------>
Linus Torvalds (1):
      genirq: prevent wakeup of freed irq thread


 kernel/irq/manage.c |   17 +++++++----------
 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/irq/manage.c b/kernel/irq/manage.c
index 61c679d..d222515 100644
--- a/kernel/irq/manage.c
+++ b/kernel/irq/manage.c
@@ -761,7 +761,6 @@ static struct irqaction *__free_irq(unsigned int irq, void *dev_id)
 {
 	struct irq_desc *desc = irq_to_desc(irq);
 	struct irqaction *action, **action_ptr;
-	struct task_struct *irqthread;
 	unsigned long flags;
 
 	WARN(in_interrupt(), "Trying to free IRQ %d from IRQ context!\n", irq);
@@ -809,9 +808,6 @@ static struct irqaction *__free_irq(unsigned int irq, void *dev_id)
 			desc->chip->disable(irq);
 	}
 
-	irqthread = action->thread;
-	action->thread = NULL;
-
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&desc->lock, flags);
 
 	unregister_handler_proc(irq, action);
@@ -819,12 +815,6 @@ static struct irqaction *__free_irq(unsigned int irq, void *dev_id)
 	/* Make sure it's not being used on another CPU: */
 	synchronize_irq(irq);
 
-	if (irqthread) {
-		if (!test_bit(IRQTF_DIED, &action->thread_flags))
-			kthread_stop(irqthread);
-		put_task_struct(irqthread);
-	}
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_SHIRQ
 	/*
 	 * It's a shared IRQ -- the driver ought to be prepared for an IRQ
@@ -840,6 +830,13 @@ static struct irqaction *__free_irq(unsigned int irq, void *dev_id)
 		local_irq_restore(flags);
 	}
 #endif
+
+	if (action->thread) {
+		if (!test_bit(IRQTF_DIED, &action->thread_flags))
+			kthread_stop(action->thread);
+		put_task_struct(action->thread);
+	}
+
 	return action;
 }
 
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