> Note the current ordering: > > cmpxchg(&qsd->pending, 0, 1) get ipi > csd_lock(qsd->csd) xchg(&qsd->pending, 1) > send ipi csd_unlock(qsd->csd) > > > So there shouldn't be racing updaters. Also ipi sender shouldn't > race with ipi receiver, the update shouldn't always eventually see > the unlock happening. Yeah, I've not spotted how this particular train wreck happens either. The problem is reproduction, it took me 9 hours to confirm I could reproduce the problem on my machine. So how long to I run it with this patch reverted to show its gone.. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-tip-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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