From: Hidetoshi Seto Date: Fri, 8 May 2009 08:28:40 +0000 (+0900) Subject: x86: MCE: make cmci_discover_lock irq-safe X-Git-Tag: v2.6.30-rc5~2^2 X-Git-Url: http://git.openpandora.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=e5299926d7459d9fa7c7f856983147817aedb10e;p=pandora-kernel.git x86: MCE: make cmci_discover_lock irq-safe Lockdep reports the warning below when Li tries to offline one cpu: [ 110.835487] ================================= [ 110.835616] [ INFO: inconsistent lock state ] [ 110.835688] 2.6.30-rc4-00336-g8c9ed89 #52 [ 110.835757] --------------------------------- [ 110.835828] inconsistent {HARDIRQ-ON-W} -> {IN-HARDIRQ-W} usage. [ 110.835908] swapper/0 [HC1[1]:SC0[0]:HE0:SE1] takes: [ 110.835982] (cmci_discover_lock){?.+...}, at: [] cmci_clear+0x30/0x9b cmci_clear() can be called via smp_call_function_single(). It is better to disable interrupt while holding cmci_discover_lock, to turn it into an irq-safe lock - we can deadlock otherwise. [ Impact: fix possible deadlock in the MCE code ] Reported-by: Shaohua Li Signed-off-by: Hidetoshi Seto Cc: Andi Kleen Cc: Andrew Morton LKML-Reference: <4A03ED38.8000700@jp.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar Reported-by: Shaohua Li --- Reading git-diff-tree failed