linux/arch/i386
Pavel Pisa ad6714230f [PATCH] Linux 2.6.x VM86 interrupt emulation fixes
Patch solves VM86 interrupt emulation deadlock on SMP systems.  The VM86
interrupt emulation has been heavily tested and works well on UP systems
after last update, but it seems to deadlock when we have used it on SMP/HT
boxes now.

It seems, that disable_irq() cannot be called from interrupts, because it
waits until disabled interrupt handler finishes
(/kernel/irq/manage.c:synchronize_irq():while(IRQ_INPROGRESS);).  This
blocks one CPU after another.  Solved by use disable_irq_nosync.

There is the second problem.  If IRQ source is fast, it is possible, that
interrupt is sometimes processed and re-enabled by the second CPU, before
it is disabled by the first one, but negative IRQ disable depths are not
allowed.  The spinlocking and disabling IRQs over call to
disable_irq_nosync/enable_irq is the only solution found reliable till now.

Signed-off-by: Michal Sojka <sojkam1@control.felk.cvut.cz>
Signed-off-by: Pavel Pisa <pisa@cmp.felk.cvut.cz>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-05-01 08:58:52 -07:00
..
boot [PATCH] Increase number of e820 entries hard limit from 32 to 128 2005-05-01 08:58:51 -07:00
crypto Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
kernel [PATCH] Linux 2.6.x VM86 interrupt emulation fixes 2005-05-01 08:58:52 -07:00
lib Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
mach-default Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
mach-es7000 Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
mach-generic Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
mach-visws Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
mach-voyager [PATCH] reparent_to_init cleanup 2005-04-16 15:26:01 -07:00
math-emu Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
mm [PATCH] freepgt: hugetlb area is clean 2005-04-19 13:29:18 -07:00
oprofile [PATCH] pm_message_t: more fixes in common and i386 2005-04-16 15:25:24 -07:00
pci [PATCH] irq and pci_ids for Intel ICH7DH & ICH7-M DH 2005-05-01 08:58:50 -07:00
power Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
defconfig Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
Kconfig [PATCH] x86 reboot: Add reboot fixup for gx1/cs5530a 2005-05-01 08:58:49 -07:00
Kconfig.debug Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
Makefile [PATCH] kbuild/i386: re-introduce dependency on vmlinux for install target, and add kernel_install 2005-04-30 16:51:42 -07:00