linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/1] genirq: drop synchronize_irq() unless CONFIG

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Date:	Wed, 18 Jan 2012 08:59:57 +0100
From:	Gerlando Falauto <gerlando.falauto@...mile.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Gerlando Falauto <gerlando.falauto@...mile.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Holger Brunck <holger.brunck@...mile.com>
Subject: [PATCH 1/1] genirq: drop synchronize_irq() unless CONFIG_SMP

Since synchronize_irq() only makes sense under SMP,
restore the behavior prior to:

:commit 3aa551c9b4c40018f0e261a178e3d25478dc04a9
:Author: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
:Date:   Mon Mar 23 18:28:15 2009 +0100
:
:    genirq: add threaded interrupt handler support

so that it is declared and defined only when CONFIG_SMP=y.
Note that kernel/irq/manage.c only gets compiled when
CONFIG_GENERIC_HARDIRQS=y -- if this is not the case,
you should implement your own.

This fixes startup deadlocks in SMP-unaware drivers which call
disable_irq() within its own handler, and used to work
(by chance), up until 2.6.29.

Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Cc: Holger Brunck <holger.brunck@...mile.com>
Signed-off-by: Gerlando Falauto <gerlando.falauto@...mile.com>
---
 include/linux/hardirq.h |    2 +-
 kernel/irq/manage.c     |    2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/hardirq.h b/include/linux/hardirq.h
index ba36217..82b2e75 100644
--- a/include/linux/hardirq.h
+++ b/include/linux/hardirq.h
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@
 # define IRQ_EXIT_OFFSET HARDIRQ_OFFSET
 #endif
 
-#if defined(CONFIG_SMP) || defined(CONFIG_GENERIC_HARDIRQS)
+#if defined(CONFIG_SMP)
 extern void synchronize_irq(unsigned int irq);
 #else
 # define synchronize_irq(irq)	barrier()
diff --git a/kernel/irq/manage.c b/kernel/irq/manage.c
index 0a7840a..410da46 100644
--- a/kernel/irq/manage.c
+++ b/kernel/irq/manage.c
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ static int __init setup_forced_irqthreads(char *arg)
 early_param("threadirqs", setup_forced_irqthreads);
 #endif
 
+#if defined(CONFIG_SMP)
 /**
  *	synchronize_irq - wait for pending IRQ handlers (on other CPUs)
  *	@irq: interrupt number to wait for
@@ -72,7 +73,6 @@ void synchronize_irq(unsigned int irq)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(synchronize_irq);
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
 cpumask_var_t irq_default_affinity;
 
 /**
-- 
1.7.1

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