linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 17/25] hrtimer: Implementation of softirq hrtimer handling

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Date:   Wed, 27 Sep 2017 18:46:50 +0200
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:     Anna-Maria Gleixner <anna-maria@...utronix.de>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@....org>, keescook@...omium.org,
        John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 17/25] hrtimer: Implementation of softirq hrtimer handling

On Wed, Sep 27, 2017 at 04:22:39PM +0200, Anna-Maria Gleixner wrote:
> I know and Thomas was unhappy about that as well, but we did not come
> up with a better solution.
> 
> The nasty alternative is:
> 
> static void __run_hrtimer(struct hrtimer_cpu_base *cpu_base,
> 			  struct hrtimer_clock_base *base,
> -			  struct hrtimer *timer, ktime_t *now)
> +			  struct hrtimer *timer, ktime_t *now,
> +                   	  unsigned long flags)
> ...
> -	raw_spin_unlock(&cpu_base->lock);
> +	raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&cpu_base->lock, flags);
> 
> ...
> -	raw_spin_lock(&cpu_base->lock);
> +	raw_spin_lock_irq(&cpu_base->lock, flags);
> 
> and hand in flags from the callsites via local_save_flags().

Just push it up one more level and use raw_spin_lock_irqsave() in the
(soft)irq handlers and then pass the flags around.

Thta's what I did in that patch I just send.