Re: in_irq_or_nmi() and RFC patch

[Jesper Dangaard Brouer]

On Thu, 30 Mar 2017 08:49:58 +0200
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Wed, Mar 29, 2017 at 09:44:41PM +0200, Jesper Dangaard Brouer wrote:
> > @@ -2481,7 +2481,11 @@ void free_hot_cold_page(struct page *page, bool cold)
> >  	unsigned long pfn = page_to_pfn(page);
> >  	int migratetype;
> >  
> > -	if (in_interrupt()) {
> > +	/*
> > +	 * Exclude (hard) IRQ and NMI context from using the pcplists.
> > +	 * But allow softirq context, via disabling BH.
> > +	 */
> > +	if (in_irq() || irqs_disabled()) {  
> 
> Why do you need irqs_disabled() ? 

Because further down I call local_bh_enable(), which calls
__local_bh_enable_ip() which triggers a warning during early boot on:

  WARN_ON_ONCE(in_irq() || irqs_disabled());

It looks like it is for supporting CONFIG_TRACE_IRQFLAGS.


> Also, your comment is stale, it still refers to NMI context.

True, as you told me NMI is implicit, as it cannot occur.

> >  		__free_pages_ok(page, 0);
> >  		return;
> >  	}  

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Best regards,
  Jesper Dangaard Brouer
  MSc.CS, Principal Kernel Engineer at Red Hat
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