linux-kernel - Re: Deadlock between cpu_hotplug_begin and cpu_add_remove

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Date:	Tue, 28 Jan 2014 20:02:14 +0530
From:	"Srivatsa S. Bhat" <srivatsa.bhat@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
CC:	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>, Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>,
	Michel Lespinasse <walken@...gle.com>, ego@...ux.vnet.ibm.com,
	"rusty@...tcorp.com.au" <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"akpm@...ux-foundation.org" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: Deadlock between cpu_hotplug_begin and cpu_add_remove_lock

On 01/23/2014 10:32 PM, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
> On 01/23, Srivatsa S. Bhat wrote:
>>
>> On 01/23/2014 12:48 AM, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
>>> On 01/22, Srivatsa S. Bhat wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Wait a min, that _will_ actually work for all cases because I have provided
>>>> an option to invoke _any_ arbitrary function as the "setup" routine.
>>>
>>> And probably the generic solution makes sense. I am not sure I actually
>>> understand the semantics of register_allcpu_notifier(), but the problem
>>> it tries to solve looks clear/valid.
>>>
>>
>> Thank you. But I was wondering whether its usage is a bit unintuitive/
>> convoluted. So I was contemplating between going with that solution or the
>> below one, where the call-sites are expected to do:
>>
>> cpu_maps_update_begin();
>> for_each_online_cpu(cpu) {
>> 	...
>> }
>> __register_cpu_notifier(); //use the __reg() variant, which doesn't take locks
>> cpu_maps_update_done();
>>
>> Of course, that requires exporting the functions cpu_maps_update_begin/done(),
>> but this latter form of callback registration might look more natural.
> 
> Yes, I thought about this too ;)
> 
>> But for some of the other call-sites, we might have to use one
>> of the solutions mentioned above.
> 
> Yes, yes, sure, I agree.
> 
> I suggested this change only for discussion, for the case we need
> an "urgent" fix without changes outside of drivers/md/. The generic
> solution is better.
> 

Ok :) But your fix for drivers/md/ also makes the code look much neater.
So I'll include your patch in my series and convert the rest of the call-
sites using the generic solution.

Thank you!

Regards,
Srivatsa S. Bhat

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