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Use stop_machine_run in the Intel RNG driver
authorPrarit Bhargava <prarit@redhat.com>
Tue, 8 May 2007 07:25:08 +0000 (00:25 -0700)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org>
Tue, 8 May 2007 18:15:00 +0000 (11:15 -0700)
commitee527cd3a20c2aeaac17d939e5d011f7a76d69f5
tree113e8dd439c5a3656be07058f055e6340ad41623
parent616883df78bd4b3fcdb6ddc39bd3d4cb902bfa32
Use stop_machine_run in the Intel RNG driver

Replace call_smp_function with stop_machine_run in the Intel RNG driver.

CPU A has done read_lock(&lock)
CPU B has done write_lock_irq(&lock) and is waiting for A to release the lock.

A third CPU calls call_smp_function and issues the IPI.  CPU A takes CPU
C's IPI.  CPU B is waiting with interrupts disabled and does not see the
IPI.  CPU C is stuck waiting for CPU B to respond to the IPI.

Deadlock.

The solution is to use stop_machine_run instead of call_smp_function
(call_smp_function should not be called in situations where the CPUs may be
suspended).

[haruo.tomita@toshiba.co.jp: fix a typo in mod_init()]
[haruo.tomita@toshiba.co.jp: fix memory leak]
Signed-off-by: Prarit Bhargava <prarit@redhat.com>
Cc: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@novell.com>
Cc: "Tomita, Haruo" <haruo.tomita@toshiba.co.jp>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
drivers/char/hw_random/intel-rng.c
kernel/stop_machine.c