Re: [patch V2 2/6] genirq: Fix misleading synchronize_irq() documentation

From: Thomas Gleixner
Date: Mon Jul 01 2019 - 14:01:30 EST


On Mon, 1 Jul 2019, Peter Zijlstra wrote:

> On Fri, Jun 28, 2019 at 01:11:50PM +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> > The function might sleep, so it cannot be called from interrupt
> > context. Not even with care.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > kernel/irq/manage.c | 3 ++-
> > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > --- a/kernel/irq/manage.c
> > +++ b/kernel/irq/manage.c
> > @@ -96,7 +96,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(synchronize_hardirq);
> > * to complete before returning. If you use this function while
> > * holding a resource the IRQ handler may need you will deadlock.
> > *
> > - * This function may be called - with care - from IRQ context.
> > + * Can only be called from preemptible code as it might sleep when
> > + * an interrupt thread is associated to @irq.
> > */
> > void synchronize_irq(unsigned int irq)
> > {
>
> + might_sleep();
>
> ?

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wait_event()
might_sleep() ...

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