linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/6] [2.6.29] epoll: don't use current in irq context

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Date:	Tue, 24 Feb 2009 12:27:07 -0500
From:	Tony Battersby <tonyb@...ernetics.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Davide Libenzi <davidel@...ilserver.org>
Cc:	Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 2/6] [2.6.29] epoll: don't use current in irq context

ep_poll_safewake() uses "current" to detect callback recursion, but it
may be called from irq context where the use of current is generally
frowned upon.  It would be better to use get_cpu() and put_cpu() to
detect the callback recursion.

Signed-off-by: Tony Battersby <tonyb@...ernetics.com>
---

This patch is against 2.6.29-rc6; however, it doesn't need to go
into 2.6.29.  Use the -mm version instead if applying after the other
patches in -mm.

--- a/fs/eventpoll.c	2009-02-23 11:07:40.000000000 -0500
+++ b/fs/eventpoll.c	2009-02-23 11:08:39.000000000 -0500
@@ -118,8 +118,8 @@ struct epoll_filefd {
  */
 struct wake_task_node {
 	struct list_head llink;
-	struct task_struct *task;
 	wait_queue_head_t *wq;
+	int cpu;
 };
 
 /*
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ static void ep_poll_safewake(struct poll
 {
 	int wake_nests = 0;
 	unsigned long flags;
-	struct task_struct *this_task = current;
+	int this_cpu = get_cpu();
 	struct list_head *lsthead = &psw->wake_task_list;
 	struct wake_task_node *tncur;
 	struct wake_task_node tnode;
@@ -346,18 +346,18 @@ static void ep_poll_safewake(struct poll
 	list_for_each_entry(tncur, lsthead, llink) {
 
 		if (tncur->wq == wq ||
-		    (tncur->task == this_task && ++wake_nests > EP_MAX_POLLWAKE_NESTS)) {
+		    (tncur->cpu == this_cpu &&
+		     ++wake_nests > EP_MAX_POLLWAKE_NESTS)) {
 			/*
 			 * Ops ... loop detected or maximum nest level reached.
 			 * We abort this wake by breaking the cycle itself.
 			 */
-			spin_unlock_irqrestore(&psw->lock, flags);
-			return;
+			goto out_unlock;
 		}
 	}
 
 	/* Add the current task to the list */
-	tnode.task = this_task;
+	tnode.cpu = this_cpu;
 	tnode.wq = wq;
 	list_add(&tnode.llink, lsthead);
 
@@ -369,7 +369,9 @@ static void ep_poll_safewake(struct poll
 	/* Remove the current task from the list */
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&psw->lock, flags);
 	list_del(&tnode.llink);
+out_unlock:
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&psw->lock, flags);
+	put_cpu();
 }
 
 /*
@@ -652,8 +654,8 @@ static int ep_poll_callback(wait_queue_t
 	struct epitem *epi = ep_item_from_wait(wait);
 	struct eventpoll *ep = epi->ep;
 
-	DNPRINTK(3, (KERN_INFO "[%p] eventpoll: poll_callback(%p) epi=%p ep=%p\n",
-		     current, epi->ffd.file, epi, ep));
+	DNPRINTK(3, (KERN_INFO "eventpoll: poll_callback(%p) epi=%p ep=%p\n",
+		     epi->ffd.file, epi, ep));
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&ep->lock, flags);
 

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