Re: [patch] sched: remove __resched_legal() and fix cond_resched_softirq()
From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Wed Dec 27 2006 - 06:19:04 EST
* OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > i found another bug and realized that the whole __resched_legal()
> > approach is fundamentally wrong! The patch below fixes this.
>
> Hmm.. but the path seems,
>
> -> cond_resched()
> -> if (__resched_legal()) /* preempt_count == 0 */
> -> __cond_resched() /* preempt_count == 0x10000000 */
> -> schedule()
> [...]
> -> cond_resched()
> -> if (__resched_legal()) /* preempt_count == 0x10000000 */
> -> __cond_resched() /* preempt_count == 0x20000000 */
> -> schedule() /* warning */
>
> Where is it prevented? Or warning is just wrong?
this should be handled by the second version of the patch i sent out
yesterday. When we have PREEMPT_ACTIVE set, no schedule() call is legal.
Ingo
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