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| author | Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> | 2013-10-15 07:05:06 +0200 |
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| committer | Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> | 2013-10-15 07:05:18 +0200 |
| commit | 426ee9e3bbc478ed9c0a079a4270f6095f0eb975 (patch) | |
| tree | d8f295e2e516a61b2ab8ccb49f5b1d9fb67979bd /kernel/softirq.c | |
| parent | b7af41a1bc255c0098c37a4bcf5c7e5e168ce875 (diff) | |
| parent | 61e6cfa80de5760bbe406f4e815b7739205754d2 (diff) | |
| download | linux-426ee9e3bbc478ed9c0a079a4270f6095f0eb975.tar.bz2 | |
Merge tag 'v3.12-rc5' into perf/core
Merge Linux v3.12-rc5, to pick up the latest fixes.
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/softirq.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/softirq.c | 15 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/softirq.c b/kernel/softirq.c index 53cc09ceb0b8..d7d498d8cc4f 100644 --- a/kernel/softirq.c +++ b/kernel/softirq.c @@ -328,10 +328,19 @@ void irq_enter(void) static inline void invoke_softirq(void) { - if (!force_irqthreads) - __do_softirq(); - else + if (!force_irqthreads) { + /* + * We can safely execute softirq on the current stack if + * it is the irq stack, because it should be near empty + * at this stage. But we have no way to know if the arch + * calls irq_exit() on the irq stack. So call softirq + * in its own stack to prevent from any overrun on top + * of a potentially deep task stack. + */ + do_softirq(); + } else { wakeup_softirqd(); + } } static inline void tick_irq_exit(void) |