linux-kernel - Re: [regression] boot failure on alpha, bisected

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Date:	Sun, 7 Oct 2012 18:08:50 +0100
From:	Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>
To:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
Cc:	dl8bcu@...bcu.de, peterz@...radead.org, mingo@...nel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-alpha@...r.kernel.org,
	Richard Henderson <rth@...ddle.net>,
	Ivan Kokshaysky <ink@...assic.park.msu.ru>,
	Matt Turner <mattst88@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [regression] boot failure on alpha, bisected

On Sun, Oct 07, 2012 at 06:55:34PM +0200, Oleg Nesterov wrote:

> Hmm. I know nothing about arch/alpha and I can't understand its entry.S.
> But _it seems_ to me that do_notify_resume() is called with irqs disabled.
> If this is true, then imho arch/alpha should be fixed.
> 
> Before this commit task_work_run() enabled irqs, but this was the "side
> effect" of spin_lock_irq/spin_unlock_irq, we should not rely on this.

Um...  There's a bunch of architectures that are in the same situation.
grep for do_notify_resume() and you'll see...

It needs to be dealt with sanely, and actually have patches for alpha
going in that direction, but breaking a bunch of architectures is not a good
thing, obviously.  So you've bought yourself a major PITA for coming
weeks...
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