linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] core kernel fixes

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Date:	Tue, 5 Oct 2010 13:15:02 -0700
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ibm.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] core kernel fixes

On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 12:12 PM, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu> wrote:
>  #define rcu_dereference_bh(p) \
> -               rcu_dereference_check(p, rcu_read_lock_bh_held())
> +               rcu_dereference_check(p, rcu_read_lock_bh_held() || irqs_disabled())

Wouldn't that irqs_disabled() check have made more sense inside
rcu_read_lock_bh_held()?

That's the function that is _supposed_ to check whether bottom halves
are disabled, no? So why add a workaround for that function being
buggy/incomplete in one place that uses it?

                    Linus
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