linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] uio/gen-pci: don't enable interrupts in ISR

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Date:	Wed, 10 Aug 2011 10:33:25 +0200
From:	Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>
To:	"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
CC:	Chris Wright <chrisw@...hat.com>,
	"Hans J. Koch" <hjk@...sjkoch.de>,
	Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@...tuousgeek.org>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>,
	Anthony Foiani <anthony.foiani@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] uio/gen-pci: don't enable interrupts in ISR

Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> Let's assume we start with e.g. io enable bit cleared.
> 
> 
>     user                                kernel
>  read config                               |
>  set io enable                             |
>      |                                  interrupt                                                
>      |                              read + set interrupt mask
>  write config back                         |
> 					write
> 
> 
> 
> We end up with io enable bit cleared. Locking around rmw
> that we have fixes this race.

Okay, forgot about the SMP case, sorry.

Sebastian
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