On Thu, Apr 12, 2007 at 02:08:49AM -0700, jjohansen@xxxxxxx wrote:
> + } else if (profile1 > profile2) {
> + /* profile1 cannot be NULL here. */
> + spin_lock_irqsave(&profile1->lock, profile1->int_flags);
> + if (profile2)
> + spin_lock(&profile2->lock);
> +
> + } else {
> + /* profile2 cannot be NULL here. */
> + spin_lock_irqsave(&profile2->lock, profile2->int_flags);
> + spin_lock(&profile1->lock);
> + }
Ahem...
profile2 is locked individually. profile1 > profile2. profile1 is not
locked. We try to lock both. profile1 is locked OK, flags (with interrupts
disabled) are stored into it. We spin trying to lock profile2. Eventually,
whoever had held profile2 unlocks it, restoring the flags from profile2.
We happily grab the spinlock and move on. When we unlock the pair, we
restore flags from profile1. I.e. we are left with interrupts disabled.
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