From: Yong Zhang <yong.zhang@windriver.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2010 22:57:32 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: timer: Del_timer_sync() can be used in softirq context
X-Git-Tag: v2.6.38-rc1~416^2~10
X-Git-Url: https://git.openpandora.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=pandora-kernel.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=1118e2cd33d47254854e1ba3ba8e32802ff14fdf

timer: Del_timer_sync() can be used in softirq context

Actually we have used del_timer_sync() in softirq context for a long time,
e.g. in __dst_free()::cancel_delayed_work().

So change the comments of it to warn on hardirq context only, and make
lockdep know about this change.

Signed-off-by: Yong Zhang <yong.zhang0@gmail.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
---

diff --git a/kernel/timer.c b/kernel/timer.c
index 47b86c1e3226..612de0306e79 100644
--- a/kernel/timer.c
+++ b/kernel/timer.c
@@ -959,7 +959,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(try_to_del_timer_sync);
  *
  * Synchronization rules: Callers must prevent restarting of the timer,
  * otherwise this function is meaningless. It must not be called from
- * interrupt contexts. The caller must not hold locks which would prevent
+ * hardirq contexts. The caller must not hold locks which would prevent
  * completion of the timer's handler. The timer's handler must not call
  * add_timer_on(). Upon exit the timer is not queued and the handler is
  * not running on any CPU.
@@ -969,12 +969,10 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(try_to_del_timer_sync);
 int del_timer_sync(struct timer_list *timer)
 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_LOCKDEP
-	unsigned long flags;
-
-	local_irq_save(flags);
+	local_bh_disable();
 	lock_map_acquire(&timer->lockdep_map);
 	lock_map_release(&timer->lockdep_map);
-	local_irq_restore(flags);
+	local_bh_enable();
 #endif
 
 	for (;;) {