linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/3] irq: Execute softirq on its own stack on irq exit

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Date:	Thu,  5 Sep 2013 17:33:23 +0200
From:	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
To:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
	Paul Mackerras <paulus@....ibm.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	James Hogan <james.hogan@...tec.com>,
	"James E.J. Bottomley" <jejb@...isc-linux.org>,
	Helge Deller <deller@....de>,
	Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@...ibm.com>,
	Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@...ibm.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] irq: Execute softirq on its own stack on irq exit

When a softirq executes in irq_exit(), it can contribute
to random complicated and large stack scenario involving task
calls, hw interrupt calls, softirq handler calls and
then other irqs, interrupting the softirq, that can dig further
with an irq handler.

Softirqs executing on the inline hw interrupt stack may favour
stack overflows in such circumstances, as it has been reported
in powerpc where task -> irq -> softirq -> irq can end up forming
a huge calltrace in the single kernel stack.

So if there are softirqs pending on hardirq exit, lets execute them
on the softirq stack to minimize this.

Reported-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>
Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@....ibm.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...or.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@....ibm.com>
Cc: James Hogan <james.hogan@...tec.com>
Cc: James E.J. Bottomley <jejb@...isc-linux.org>
Cc: Helge Deller <deller@....de>
Cc: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@...ibm.com>
Cc: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@...ibm.com>
Cc: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
---
 kernel/softirq.c |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/softirq.c b/kernel/softirq.c
index 39d27ff..657e047 100644
--- a/kernel/softirq.c
+++ b/kernel/softirq.c
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ void irq_enter(void)
 static inline void invoke_softirq(void)
 {
 	if (!force_irqthreads)
-		__do_softirq();
+		do_softirq_own_stack();
 	else
 		wakeup_softirqd();
 }
-- 
1.7.5.4

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