linux-kernel - [GIT PULL] locking fix

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Message-ID: <20110215170216.GA3966@elte.hu>
Date:	Tue, 15 Feb 2011 18:02:16 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: [GIT PULL] locking fix

Linus,

Please pull the latest core-fixes-for-linus git tree from:

   git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip.git core-fixes-for-linus

 Thanks,

	Ingo

------------------>
Peter Zijlstra (1):
      Revert "lockdep, timer: Fix del_timer_sync() annotation"


 kernel/timer.c |    8 +++-----
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/timer.c b/kernel/timer.c
index d53ce66..d645992 100644
--- a/kernel/timer.c
+++ b/kernel/timer.c
@@ -959,7 +959,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(try_to_del_timer_sync);
  *
  * Synchronization rules: Callers must prevent restarting of the timer,
  * otherwise this function is meaningless. It must not be called from
- * hardirq contexts. The caller must not hold locks which would prevent
+ * interrupt contexts. The caller must not hold locks which would prevent
  * completion of the timer's handler. The timer's handler must not call
  * add_timer_on(). Upon exit the timer is not queued and the handler is
  * not running on any CPU.
@@ -971,12 +971,10 @@ int del_timer_sync(struct timer_list *timer)
 #ifdef CONFIG_LOCKDEP
 	unsigned long flags;
 
-	raw_local_irq_save(flags);
-	local_bh_disable();
+	local_irq_save(flags);
 	lock_map_acquire(&timer->lockdep_map);
 	lock_map_release(&timer->lockdep_map);
-	_local_bh_enable();
-	raw_local_irq_restore(flags);
+	local_irq_restore(flags);
 #endif
 	/*
 	 * don't use it in hardirq context, because it
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