Add a new mutex for use in adding and removing of memory blocks. This
is needed to avoid any race conditions in which the same memory block could
be added and removed at the same time.
Signed-off-by: Nathan Fontenot <nfont@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/base/memory.c | 7 +++++++
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
Index: linux-2.6/drivers/base/memory.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/drivers/base/memory.c 2010-08-09 07:49:04.000000000 -0500
+++ linux-2.6/drivers/base/memory.c 2010-08-09 07:50:20.000000000 -0500
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@
#include <asm/atomic.h>
#include <asm/uaccess.h>
+static DEFINE_MUTEX(mem_sysfs_mutex);
+
#define MEMORY_CLASS_NAME "memory"
static struct sysdev_class memory_sysdev_class = {
@@ -485,6 +487,8 @@ static int add_memory_block(int nid, str
if (!mem)
return -ENOMEM;
+ mutex_lock(&mem_sysfs_mutex);
+
mem->start_phys_index = __section_nr(section);
mem->state = state;
atomic_inc(&mem->section_count);
@@ -508,6 +512,7 @@ static int add_memory_block(int nid, str
ret = register_mem_sect_under_node(mem, nid);
}
+ mutex_unlock(&mem_sysfs_mutex);
return ret;
}
@@ -516,6 +521,7 @@ int remove_memory_block(unsigned long no
{
struct memory_block *mem;
+ mutex_lock(&mem_sysfs_mutex);
mem = find_memory_block(section);
if (atomic_dec_and_test(&mem->section_count)) {
@@ -528,6 +534,7 @@ int remove_memory_block(unsigned long no
unregister_memory(mem, section);
}
+ mutex_unlock(&mem_sysfs_mutex);
return 0;
}
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