linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH-RT] Fix for sleeping function called from invalid context when running gdb

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Date:	Fri, 2 Dec 2011 19:20:08 +0100
From:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc:	John Kacur <jkacur@...hat.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	rt-users <linux-rt-users@...r.kernel.org>,
	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH-RT] Fix for sleeping function called from invalid context when running gdb

> > -static inline void preempt_conditional_sti(struct pt_regs *regs)
> > +static inline void preempt_conditional_sti(struct pt_regs *regs, int stack)
> >  {
> > -	inc_preempt_count();
> > +	if (stack)
> > +		inc_preempt_count();

All callers now pass in true I think, so you could eliminate the stack argument.

-Andi

> >  	if (regs->flags & X86_EFLAGS_IF)
> >  		local_irq_enable();
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