linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] fs: fput() can be called from interrupt context

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Date:	Thu, 12 Mar 2009 13:21:15 -0700
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Eric Dumazet <dada1@...mosbay.com>
Cc:	jmoyer@...hat.com, avi@...hat.com, linux-aio@...ck.org,
	zach.brown@...cle.com, bcrl@...ck.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, davidel@...ilserver.org,
	cl@...ux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fs: fput() can be called from interrupt context

On Thu, 12 Mar 2009 20:22:06 +0100
Eric Dumazet <dada1@...mosbay.com> wrote:

> > It's somewhat encouraging that we're apparently already doing fput()
> > from within keventd (although how frequently?).  There might be
> > problems with file locking, security code, etc from doing fput() from
> > an unexpected thread.  And then there are all the usual weird problem
> > with using the keventd queues which take a long time to get discovered.
> > 
> 
> Hum... Do you mean "if (in_interrupt())" is not the right test to
> perform ? 

No, in_interrupt() seems appropriate.

It's a bit weak, because it means that the proposed code can't be used
for calling fput() inside spinlock.  A better interface would be to
add a new fput_atomic() and let the caller decide which functions
should be called, depending upon what context the caller is running in.



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