Re: [PATCH 1/2] kthread: convert worker lock to raw spinlock

[Sebastian Andrzej Siewior]

On 2018-09-28 21:03:51 [+0000], Julia Cartwright wrote:
> In order to enable the queuing of kthread work items from hardirq
> context even when PREEMPT_RT_FULL is enabled, convert the worker
> spin_lock to a raw_spin_lock.
> 
> This is only acceptable to do because the work performed under the lock
> is well-bounded and minimal.
> 
> Cc: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reported-and-tested-by: Steffen Trumtrar <s.trumtrar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reported-by: Tim Sander <tim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Julia Cartwright <julia@xxxxxx>

Acked-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Sebastian