linux-kernel - Re: [RFC GIT Pull] core watchdog sanitizing

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Date:   Mon, 2 Oct 2017 22:45:05 +0200 (CEST)
From:   Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:     Don Zickus <dzickus@...hat.com>
cc:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
        Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
        Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@...il.com>,
        ppc-dev <linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC GIT Pull] core watchdog sanitizing

On Mon, 2 Oct 2017, Don Zickus wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 02, 2017 at 07:32:57PM +0000, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> >  static void softlockup_reconfigure_threads(void)
> 
> There is a second copy of ^^^^, you will need to add identical locking there
> too.

Good catch, but then we might move it further out
 
> > +	cpus_read_unlock();
> > +	/*
> > +	 * Must be called outside the cpus locked section to prevent
> > +	 * recursive locking in the perf code.
> > +	 */
> > +	__lockup_detector_cleanup();

Or not due to this ....

Thanks,

	tglx