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clocksource: Call clocksource_change_rating() outside of watchdog_lock

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The changes to the watchdog logic introduced a lock inversion between
watchdog_lock and clocksource_mutex. Change the rating outside of
watchdog_lock to avoid it.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
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Thomas Gleixner 2009-08-15 13:20:42 +02:00
parent 23970e389e
commit 6ea41d252f
1 changed files with 9 additions and 2 deletions
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kernel/time/clocksource.c
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@ -307,16 +307,23 @@ static void clocksource_watchdog_work(struct work_struct *work)
{
struct clocksource *cs, *tmp;
unsigned long flags;
LIST_HEAD(unstable);
spin_lock_irqsave(&watchdog_lock, flags);
list_for_each_entry_safe(cs, tmp, &watchdog_list, wd_list)
if (cs->flags & CLOCK_SOURCE_UNSTABLE) {
list_del_init(&cs->wd_list);
clocksource_change_rating(cs, 0);
list_add(&cs->wd_list, &unstable);
}
/* Check if the watchdog timer needs to be stopped. */
clocksource_stop_watchdog();
spin_unlock(&watchdog_lock);
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&watchdog_lock, flags);
/* Needs to be done outside of watchdog lock */
list_for_each_entry_safe(cs, tmp, &unstable, wd_list) {
list_del_init(&cs->wd_list);
clocksource_change_rating(cs, 0);
}
}
#else /* CONFIG_CLOCKSOURCE_WATCHDOG */