3.8.13.14-rt30-rc1 stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> On PREEMPT_RT enabled systems the interrupt handler run as threads at prio 50 (by default). If a high priority userspace process tries to shut down a busy network interface it might spin in a yield loop waiting for the device to become idle. With the interrupt thread having a lower priority than the looping process it might never be scheduled and so result in a deadlock on UP systems. With Magic SysRq the following backtrace can be produced: > test_app R running 0 174 168 0x00000000 > [<c02c7070>] (__schedule+0x220/0x3fc) from [<c02c7870>] (preempt_schedule_irq+0x48/0x80) > [<c02c7870>] (preempt_schedule_irq+0x48/0x80) from [<c0008fa8>] (svc_preempt+0x8/0x20) > [<c0008fa8>] (svc_preempt+0x8/0x20) from [<c001a984>] (local_bh_enable+0x18/0x88) > [<c001a984>] (local_bh_enable+0x18/0x88) from [<c025316c>] (dev_deactivate_many+0x220/0x264) > [<c025316c>] (dev_deactivate_many+0x220/0x264) from [<c023be04>] (__dev_close_many+0x64/0xd4) > [<c023be04>] (__dev_close_many+0x64/0xd4) from [<c023be9c>] (__dev_close+0x28/0x3c) > [<c023be9c>] (__dev_close+0x28/0x3c) from [<c023f7f0>] (__dev_change_flags+0x88/0x130) > [<c023f7f0>] (__dev_change_flags+0x88/0x130) from [<c023f904>] (dev_change_flags+0x10/0x48) > [<c023f904>] (dev_change_flags+0x10/0x48) from [<c024c140>] (do_setlink+0x370/0x7ec) > [<c024c140>] (do_setlink+0x370/0x7ec) from [<c024d2f0>] (rtnl_newlink+0x2b4/0x450) > [<c024d2f0>] (rtnl_newlink+0x2b4/0x450) from [<c024cfa0>] (rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x158/0x1f4) > [<c024cfa0>] (rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x158/0x1f4) from [<c0256740>] (netlink_rcv_skb+0xac/0xc0) > [<c0256740>] (netlink_rcv_skb+0xac/0xc0) from [<c024bbd8>] (rtnetlink_rcv+0x18/0x24) > [<c024bbd8>] (rtnetlink_rcv+0x18/0x24) from [<c02561b8>] (netlink_unicast+0x13c/0x198) > [<c02561b8>] (netlink_unicast+0x13c/0x198) from [<c025651c>] (netlink_sendmsg+0x264/0x2e0) > [<c025651c>] (netlink_sendmsg+0x264/0x2e0) from [<c022af98>] (sock_sendmsg+0x78/0x98) > [<c022af98>] (sock_sendmsg+0x78/0x98) from [<c022bb50>] (___sys_sendmsg.part.25+0x268/0x278) > [<c022bb50>] (___sys_sendmsg.part.25+0x268/0x278) from [<c022cf08>] (__sys_sendmsg+0x48/0x78) > [<c022cf08>] (__sys_sendmsg+0x48/0x78) from [<c0009320>] (ret_fast_syscall+0x0/0x2c) This patch works around the problem by replacing yield() by msleep(1), giving the interrupt thread time to finish, similar to other changes contained in the rt patch set. Using wait_for_completion() instead would probably be a better solution. Cc: stable-rt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- net/sched/sch_generic.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/net/sched/sch_generic.c b/net/sched/sch_generic.c index 5d81a44..e402538 100644 --- a/net/sched/sch_generic.c +++ b/net/sched/sch_generic.c @@ -838,7 +838,7 @@ void dev_deactivate_many(struct list_head *head) /* Wait for outstanding qdisc_run calls. */ list_for_each_entry(dev, head, unreg_list) while (some_qdisc_is_busy(dev)) - yield(); + msleep(1); } void dev_deactivate(struct net_device *dev) -- 1.8.5.3 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable-rt" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
