From: Yong Zhang <yong.zhang@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Otherwise there will be warning on ARM like below: WARNING: at build/linux/kernel/smp.c:459 smp_call_function_many+0x98/0x264() Modules linked in: [<c0013bb4>] (unwind_backtrace+0x0/0xe4) from [<c001be94>] (warn_slowpath_common+0x4c/0x64) [<c001be94>] (warn_slowpath_common+0x4c/0x64) from [<c001bec4>] (warn_slowpath_null+0x18/0x1c) [<c001bec4>] (warn_slowpath_null+0x18/0x1c) from [<c0053ff8>](smp_call_function_many+0x98/0x264) [<c0053ff8>] (smp_call_function_many+0x98/0x264) from [<c0054364>] (smp_call_function+0x44/0x6c) [<c0054364>] (smp_call_function+0x44/0x6c) from [<c0017d50>] (__new_context+0xbc/0x124) [<c0017d50>] (__new_context+0xbc/0x124) from [<c009e49c>] (flush_old_exec+0x460/0x5e4) [<c009e49c>] (flush_old_exec+0x460/0x5e4) from [<c00d61ac>] (load_elf_binary+0x2e0/0x11ac) [<c00d61ac>] (load_elf_binary+0x2e0/0x11ac) from [<c009d060>] (search_binary_handler+0x94/0x2a4) [<c009d060>] (search_binary_handler+0x94/0x2a4) from [<c009e8fc>] (do_execve+0x254/0x364) [<c009e8fc>] (do_execve+0x254/0x364) from [<c0010e84>] (sys_execve+0x34/0x54) [<c0010e84>] (sys_execve+0x34/0x54) from [<c000da00>] (ret_fast_syscall+0x0/0x30) ---[ end trace 0000000000000002 ]--- The reason is that ARM need irq enabled when doing activate_mm(). According to mm-protect-activate-switch-mm.patch, actually preempt_[disable|enable]_rt() is sufficient. Inspired-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Yong Zhang <yong.zhang0@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/exec.c | 4 ++-- mm/mmu_context.c | 4 ++-- 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/exec.c b/fs/exec.c index db02d76..9384953 100644 --- a/fs/exec.c +++ b/fs/exec.c @@ -840,12 +840,12 @@ static int exec_mmap(struct mm_struct *mm) } } task_lock(tsk); - local_irq_disable_rt(); + preempt_disable_rt(); active_mm = tsk->active_mm; tsk->mm = mm; tsk->active_mm = mm; activate_mm(active_mm, mm); - local_irq_enable_rt(); + preempt_enable_rt(); task_unlock(tsk); arch_pick_mmap_layout(mm); if (old_mm) { diff --git a/mm/mmu_context.c b/mm/mmu_context.c index 8ca7e6b..1385e48 100644 --- a/mm/mmu_context.c +++ b/mm/mmu_context.c @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ void use_mm(struct mm_struct *mm) struct task_struct *tsk = current; task_lock(tsk); - local_irq_disable_rt(); + preempt_disable_rt(); active_mm = tsk->active_mm; if (active_mm != mm) { atomic_inc(&mm->mm_count); @@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ void use_mm(struct mm_struct *mm) } tsk->mm = mm; switch_mm(active_mm, mm, tsk); - local_irq_enable_rt(); + preempt_enable_rt(); task_unlock(tsk); if (active_mm != mm) -- 1.7.5.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-rt-users" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html