linux-kernel - [GIT PULL] x86 fix

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Message-ID: <20200802191745.GA122326@gmail.com>
Date:   Sun, 2 Aug 2020 21:17:45 +0200
From:   Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
To:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: [GIT PULL] x86 fix

Linus,

Please pull the latest x86/urgent git tree from:

   git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git x86-urgent-2020-08-02

   # HEAD: bdd65589593edd79b6a12ce86b3b7a7c6dae5208 x86/i8259: Use printk_deferred() to prevent deadlock

A single fix for a potential deadlock when printing a message about spurious interrupts.

 Thanks,

	Ingo

------------------>
Thomas Gleixner (1):
      x86/i8259: Use printk_deferred() to prevent deadlock


 arch/x86/kernel/i8259.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/i8259.c b/arch/x86/kernel/i8259.c
index f3c76252247d..282b4ee1339f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/i8259.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/i8259.c
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ static void mask_and_ack_8259A(struct irq_data *data)
 		 * lets ACK and report it. [once per IRQ]
 		 */
 		if (!(spurious_irq_mask & irqmask)) {
-			printk(KERN_DEBUG
+			printk_deferred(KERN_DEBUG
 			       "spurious 8259A interrupt: IRQ%d.\n", irq);
 			spurious_irq_mask |= irqmask;
 		}