Commit-ID: 0bed698a334766ed07bacd6cb33f0228003a7f61
Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/0bed698a334766ed07bacd6cb33f0228003a7f61
Author: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@xxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Thu, 5 Sep 2013 16:14:00 +0200
Committer: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@xxxxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Tue, 1 Oct 2013 12:53:27 +0200
irq: Justify the various softirq stack choices
For clarity, comment the various stack choices for softirqs
processing, whether we execute them from ksoftirqd or
local_irq_enable() calls.
Their use on irq_exit() is already commented.
Acked-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: James Hogan <james.hogan@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: James E.J. Bottomley <jejb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Helge Deller <deller@xxxxxx>
Cc: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/softirq.c | 11 ++++++++++-
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/kernel/softirq.c b/kernel/softirq.c
index 9f8092b..2b4328e 100644
--- a/kernel/softirq.c
+++ b/kernel/softirq.c
@@ -170,8 +170,13 @@ static inline void _local_bh_enable_ip(unsigned long ip)
*/
sub_preempt_count(SOFTIRQ_DISABLE_OFFSET - 1);
- if (unlikely(!in_interrupt() && local_softirq_pending()))
+ if (unlikely(!in_interrupt() && local_softirq_pending())) {
+ /*
+ * Run softirq if any pending. And do it in its own stack
+ * as we may be calling this deep in a task call stack already.
+ */
do_softirq();
+ }
dec_preempt_count();
#ifdef CONFIG_TRACE_IRQFLAGS
@@ -769,6 +774,10 @@ static void run_ksoftirqd(unsigned int cpu)
{
local_irq_disable();
if (local_softirq_pending()) {
+ /*
+ * We can safely run softirq on inline stack, as we are not deep
+ * in the task stack here.
+ */
__do_softirq();
rcu_note_context_switch(cpu);
local_irq_enable();
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