try_to_freeze() called with IRQs disabled on ARM
Tejun Heo
tj at kernel.org
Tue Aug 23 18:35:18 EDT 2011
On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 12:17:03AM +0200, Tejun Heo wrote:
> if (freezing() && IRQ disabled) {
> bust on IRQ;
> try_to_freeze();
> replug IRQ;
> }
>
> But, that can't be right. The current code isn't triggering warning
> from scheduler code, right? If the above is the case, it should be
> triggering that. What am I missing?
I think the refrigerator() code was actually doing that through
spin_[un]lock_irq(), so it was accidentally masking the problem. It
definitely seems to need fixing.
Anyways, for now, we can do two things,
1. if (freezing()) { irq_save; try_to_freeze(); irq_restore; } w/ BIG
FAT UGLY comment.
2. Drop might_sleep() from try_to_freeze(). Moving it to
refrigerator() wouldn't help much. It would just trigger more
sporadically during freeze, which is arguably worse than now.
I'd prefer #1 given that it documents the breakage while also
restoring the IRQ state afterwards FWIW.
Thanks.
--
tejun
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