Hi Finn,
On Sat, Jan 13, 2018 at 11:44 PM, Finn Thain <fthain@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
The interrupt dispatch algorithm used in the OSS driver seems to be
subject to race conditions: an IRQ flag could be lost if asserted between
the MOV instructions from and to the interrupt flag register. But testing
shows that the write to the flag register has no effect, so rewrite the
algorithm without the theoretical race condition.
There is a second theoretical race condition here. When oss_irq() is
called with say, IPL == 2 it will invoke the SCSI interrupt handler.
The SCSI IRQ is then cleared by the mac_scsi driver. If SCSI and NuBus
IRQs are now asserted together, oss_irq() will be invoked with IPL == 3
and the mac_scsi interrupt handler can be re-entered. This re-entrance
issue is not limited to SCSI and could affect NuBus and ADB drivers too.
Fix it by splitting up oss_irq() into separate handlers for each IPL.
No-one seems to know how OSS irq flags can be cleared, if at all, so add
a comment to this effect (actually reinstate one I previously removed).
Testing showed that a slot IRQ with no handler can remain asserted (in
this case a Radius video card) without causing problems for other IRQs.
Tested-by: Stan Johnson <userm57@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Finn Thain <fthain@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Thanks, applied and queued for v4.16.
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
--
Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But
when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that.
-- Linus Torvalds
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-m68k" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
