timer: Warn when del_timer_sync() is called in hardirq context

Add explict warning when del_timer_sync() is called in hardirq
context.

Signed-off-by: Yong Zhang <yong.zhang0@gmail.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Acked-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>

diff --git a/kernel/timer.c b/kernel/timer.c
index 612de0306e7985e18ac2cef9eafa81646f3dd39d..483e54ba5c935d1f19c9fb52c7640de650ad164b 100644 (file)
--- a/kernel/timer.c
+++ b/kernel/timer.c
@@ -974,7 +974,11 @@ int del_timer_sync(struct timer_list *timer)
        lock_map_release(&timer->lockdep_map);
        local_bh_enable();
 #endif
-
+       /*
+        * don't use it in hardirq context, because it
+        * could lead to deadlock.
+        */
+       WARN_ON(in_irq());
        for (;;) {
                int ret = try_to_del_timer_sync(timer);
                if (ret >= 0)