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    powerpc/mm: Fix a AB->BA deadlock scenario with nohash MMU context lock · b46b6942
    Benjamin Herrenschmidt authored
    The MMU context_lock can be taken from switch_mm() while the
    rq->lock is held. The rq->lock can also be taken from interrupts,
    thus if we get interrupted in destroy_context() with the context
    lock held and that interrupt tries to take the rq->lock, there's
    a possible deadlock scenario with another CPU having the rq->lock
    and calling switch_mm() which takes our context lock.
    
    The fix is to always ensure interrupts are off when taking our
    context lock. The switch_mm() path is already good so this fixes
    the destroy_context() path.
    
    While at it, turn the context lock into a new style spinlock.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarBenjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
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mmu_context_nohash.c 10.8 KB