[PATCH 01/11] alpha: Fix preemption handling in idle loop

From: Frederic Weisbecker
Date: Thu Aug 23 2012 - 11:02:32 EST


cpu_idle() is called on the boot CPU by the init code with
preemption disabled. But the cpu_idle() function in alpha
doesn't handle this when it calls schedule() directly.

Fix it by converting it into schedule_preempt_disabled().

Also disable preemption before calling cpu_idle() from
secondary CPU entry code to stay consistent with this
state.

Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Richard Henderson<rth@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ivan Kokshaysky <ink@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Matt Turner <mattst88@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: alpha <linux-alpha@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Michael Cree <mcree@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/alpha/kernel/process.c | 3 ++-
arch/alpha/kernel/smp.c | 1 +
2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/alpha/kernel/process.c b/arch/alpha/kernel/process.c
index 153d3fc..eac5e01 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/alpha/kernel/process.c
@@ -56,7 +56,8 @@ cpu_idle(void)

while (!need_resched())
cpu_relax();
- schedule();
+
+ schedule_preempt_disabled();
}
}

diff --git a/arch/alpha/kernel/smp.c b/arch/alpha/kernel/smp.c
index 35ddc02..a41ad90 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/kernel/smp.c
+++ b/arch/alpha/kernel/smp.c
@@ -166,6 +166,7 @@ smp_callin(void)
DBGS(("smp_callin: commencing CPU %d current %p active_mm %p\n",
cpuid, current, current->active_mm));

+ preempt_disable();
/* Do nothing. */
cpu_idle();
}
--
1.7.5.4

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