[PATCH 2.4.12.5 1/2] lib: allow idr to be used in irq context

[Luben Tuikov]

Hi,

This patch allows idr to be used in irq context.

idr_pre_get() is necessary to be called before
idr_get_new() is called.  No locking is necessary when
calling idr_pre_get().

But idr_get_new(), idr_find() and idr_remove()
must be serialized with respect to each other.

All of the aforementioned, may end up in alloc_layer()
or free_layer() which grabs the idp lock using spin_lock.

If idr_get_new() or idr_remove() is used in IRQ context,
then we may get a lockup when idr_pre_get was called
in process context and an IRQ interrupted while it held
the idp lock.

This patch changes the spin_lock to spin_lock_irqsave,
and spin_unlock to spin_unlock_irqrestore, to allow
idr_get_new(), idr_find() and idr_remove() to be
called from IRQ context, while idr_pre_get() to be
called in process context.

Signed-off-by: Luben Tuikov <luben_tuikov@xxxxxxxxxxx>

--- linux-2.6.12.5/lib/idr.c.old	2005-08-16 17:20:08.000000000 -0400
+++ linux-2.6.12.5/lib/idr.c	2005-08-16 17:22:16.000000000 -0400
@@ -37,27 +37,29 @@
 static struct idr_layer *alloc_layer(struct idr *idp)
 {
 	struct idr_layer *p;
+	unsigned long flags;
 
-	spin_lock(&idp->lock);
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&idp->lock, flags);
 	if ((p = idp->id_free)) {
 		idp->id_free = p->ary[0];
 		idp->id_free_cnt--;
 		p->ary[0] = NULL;
 	}
-	spin_unlock(&idp->lock);
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&idp->lock, flags);
 	return(p);
 }
 
 static void free_layer(struct idr *idp, struct idr_layer *p)
 {
+	unsigned long flags;
 	/*
 	 * Depends on the return element being zeroed.
 	 */
-	spin_lock(&idp->lock);
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&idp->lock, flags);
 	p->ary[0] = idp->id_free;
 	idp->id_free = p;
 	idp->id_free_cnt++;
-	spin_unlock(&idp->lock);
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&idp->lock, flags);
 }
 
 /**
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