linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ipc/sem: do not sleep with a spin lock held

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Date:   Wed, 22 Dec 2021 18:50:58 +0300
From:   Vasily Averin <vvs@...tuozzo.com>
To:     Manfred Spraul <manfred@...orfullife.com>, cgel.zte@...il.com,
        akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Cc:     shakeelb@...gle.com, rdunlap@...radead.org, dbueso@...e.de,
        unixbhaskar@...il.com, chi.minghao@....com.cn, arnd@...db.de,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Zeal Robot <zealci@....com.cn>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ipc/sem: do not sleep with a spin lock held

On 22.12.2021 18:31, Vasily Averin wrote:
> On 22.12.2021 14:45, Manfred Spraul wrote:
>> Hi Minghao,
>>
>> On 12/22/21 09:10, cgel.zte@...il.com wrote:
>>> From: Minghao Chi <chi.minghao@....com.cn>
>>>
>>> We can't call kvfree() with a spin lock held, so defer it.
> 
> I'm sorry, but I do not understand why exactly we cannot use kvfree?
> Could you explain it in more details?

Got it,
there is cond_resched() called in __vfree() -> __vunmap()

However I'm still not sure that in_interrupt() is used correctly here.

Thank you,
	Vasily Averin