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List:       linux-doc
Subject:    Re: [PATCH] Documentation: kernel-locking: mutex_trylock cannot be used in interrupt context
From:       Rusty Russell <rusty () rustcorp ! com ! au>
Date:       2010-08-19 0:52:51
Message-ID: 201008191022.43524.rusty () rustcorp ! com ! au
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On Thu, 19 Aug 2010 07:38:15 am Stefan Richter wrote:
> Chapter 6 is right about mutex_trylock, but chapter 10 wasn't.
> This error was introduced during semaphore-to-mutex conversion of the
> Unreliable guide. :-)
> 
> If user context which performs mutex_lock() or mutex_trylock() is
> preempted by interrupt context which performs mutex_trylock() on the
> same mutex instance, a deadlock occurs.  This is because these functions
> do not disable local IRQs when they operate on mutex->wait_lock.

Acked-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>

I'm assuming Andrew Morton or Randy Dunlap will pick this up...

Thanks!
Rusty.
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