linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v13 02/13] eventfd: Export eventfd_wake

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Date:   Wed, 1 Sep 2021 10:50:40 +0800
From:   Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>
To:     Xie Yongji <xieyongji@...edance.com>, mst@...hat.com,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v13 02/13] eventfd: Export eventfd_wake_count to modules


在 2021/8/31 下午6:36, Xie Yongji 写道:
> Export eventfd_wake_count so that some modules can use
> the eventfd_signal_count() to check whether the
> eventfd_signal() call should be deferred to a safe context.
>
> Signed-off-by: Xie Yongji <xieyongji@...edance.com>


And this matches the comment inside eventfd_signal():

         /*
          * Deadlock or stack overflow issues can happen if we recurse here
          * through waitqueue wakeup handlers. If the caller users 
potentially
          * nested waitqueues with custom wakeup handlers, then it should
          * check eventfd_signal_count() before calling this function. If
          * it returns true, the eventfd_signal() call should be 
deferred to a
          * safe context.
          */


So:

Acked-by: Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>


> ---
>   fs/eventfd.c | 1 +
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
> diff --git a/fs/eventfd.c b/fs/eventfd.c
> index e265b6dd4f34..1b3130b8d6c1 100644
> --- a/fs/eventfd.c
> +++ b/fs/eventfd.c
> @@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
>   #include <linux/uio.h>
>   
>   DEFINE_PER_CPU(int, eventfd_wake_count);
> +EXPORT_PER_CPU_SYMBOL_GPL(eventfd_wake_count);
>   
>   static DEFINE_IDA(eventfd_ida);
>