handle recursive calls to bust_spinlocks()
authorJan Beulich <jbeulich@novell.com>
Wed, 17 Oct 2007 06:29:33 +0000 (23:29 -0700)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org>
Wed, 17 Oct 2007 15:42:56 +0000 (08:42 -0700)
Various architectures may call bust_spinlocks() recursively; the function
itself, however, doesn't appear to be meant to be called in this manner.
Nevertheless, this doesn't appear to be a problem as long as
bust_spinlocks(0) doesn't get called twice in a row (otherwise,
unblank_screen() may enter the scheduler).  However, at least on i386 die()
has been capable of returning (and on other architectures this should
really be that way, too) when notify_die() returns NOTIFY_STOP.

Short of getting a reply to a respective query, this patch makes
bust_spinlocks() increment/decrement oops_in_progress, and wake klogd only
when the count drops back to zero.

Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@novell.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
lib/bust_spinlocks.c

index accb3565816993630ab98bc7818f3afe75307fa5..486da62b2b070368f30d53b8feb2de33f0a5167a 100644 (file)
 void __attribute__((weak)) bust_spinlocks(int yes)
 {
        if (yes) {
-               oops_in_progress = 1;
+               ++oops_in_progress;
        } else {
 #ifdef CONFIG_VT
                unblank_screen();
 #endif
-               oops_in_progress = 0;
-               wake_up_klogd();
+               if (--oops_in_progress == 0)
+                       wake_up_klogd();
        }
 }