Thread (21 messages) 21 messages, 5 authors, 2021-03-10

Re: [patch 07/14] tasklets: Prevent tasklet_unlock_spin_wait() deadlock on RT

From: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
Date: 2021-03-09 15:22:40
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On 2021-03-09 16:00:37 [+0100], To Thomas Gleixner wrote:
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
diff --git a/include/linux/interrupt.h b/include/linux/interrupt.h
index 07c7329d21aa7..1c14ccd351091 100644
--- a/include/linux/interrupt.h
+++ b/include/linux/interrupt.h
@@ -663,15 +663,6 @@ static inline int tasklet_trylock(struct tasklet_struct *t)
 void tasklet_unlock(struct tasklet_struct *t);
 void tasklet_unlock_wait(struct tasklet_struct *t);
 
-/*
- * Do not use in new code. Waiting for tasklets from atomic contexts is
- * error prone and should be avoided.
- */
-static inline void tasklet_unlock_spin_wait(struct tasklet_struct *t)
-{
-	while (test_bit(TASKLET_STATE_RUN, &t->state))
-		cpu_relax();
-}
Look at that. The forward declaration for tasklet_unlock_spin_wait()
should have remained. Sorry for that.

Sebastian
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