linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] kernel/async.c:introduce async_schedule*

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Wed, 13 May 2009 08:16:14 +0800
From:	Ming Lei <tom.leiming@...il.com>
To:	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
Cc:	arjan@...radead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kernel/async.c:introduce async_schedule*_atomic

2009/5/13 Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>:
> On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 05:44:58PM +0200, Frederic Weisbecker wrote:

> Note that async_schedule_atomic is a confusing name.
> At a first glance, it could mean that the scheduled job
> will be run atomically.
>
> I would suggest async_schedule_inatomic() so that it follows the common
> naming pattern in use in the kernel, eg:
>
> - copy_from_user_inatomic()
> - futex_atomic_cmpxchg_inatomic()
>
> and so on.

Agree, I'll fix it in next version.

>
>
>
>> >   * Returns an async_cookie_t that may be used for checkpointing later.
>> > - * Note: This function may be called from atomic or non-atomic contexts.
>> > + * Note:This function may be called from non-atomic contexts,and not
>> > + *         called from atomic contexts with safety. Please use
>> > + *         async_schedule_atomic in atomic contexts.
>
>
> I suggest to add a comment which explains the reason for which it is unsafe
> to call it in atomic context: because the scheduled work might be synchronously
> executed.
>
> One could believe this is because async_schedule() internally uses
> a function which might sleep whereas the actual problem may come
> from the scheduled function.

Agree,add it in next version.

>
> BTW, now that we have an atomic safe version, may be we could
> also adapt the kmalloc GFP flags subsequently?

-- 
Lei Ming
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/