linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] sched: missing locking in sched

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Date:	Mon, 28 Apr 2008 01:57:23 -0700
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@...ibm.com>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, Gautham R Shenoy <ego@...ibm.com>,
	Paul Jackson <pj@....com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] sched: missing locking in sched_domains code

On Mon, 28 Apr 2008 10:49:04 +0200 Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@...ibm.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 10:32:22AM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> > 
> > * Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@...ibm.com> wrote:
> > 
> > >  /* doms_cur_mutex serializes access to doms_cur[] array */
> > >  static DEFINE_MUTEX(doms_cur_mutex);
> > >  
> > > +static inline void lock_doms_cur(void)
> > > +{
> > > +	mutex_lock(&doms_cur_mutex);
> > > +}
> > 
> > > @@ -7813,8 +7811,10 @@ int arch_reinit_sched_domains(void)
> > >  	int err;
> > >  
> > >  	get_online_cpus();
> > > +	lock_doms_cur();
> > 
> > thanks, that looks a lot more clean already. May i ask for another 
> > thing, if you are hacking on this anyway? Please get rid of the 
> > lock_doms_cur() complication now that it's not conditional - an open 
> > coded mutex_lock(&sched_doms_mutex) looks more readable - it gives a 
> > clear idea about what's happening. Also, please rename sched_doms_mutex 
> > to something less tongue-twisting - such as sched_domains_mutex. Hm?
> 
> Your wish is my order:

heh, let's all boss Heiko around.

>  /* doms_cur_mutex serializes access to doms_cur[] array */
> -static DEFINE_MUTEX(doms_cur_mutex);
> +static DEFINE_MUTEX(sched_domains_mutex);

The comment refers to a no-longer-existing lock, and no longer correctly
describes the lock's usage.


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