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genirq: Free irq_desc with rcu
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The new VMD device driver needs to iterate over a list of
"demultiplexing" interrupts. Protecting that list with a lock is not
possible because the list is also required in code pathes which hold
irq descriptor lock. Therefor the demultiplexing interrupt handler
would create a lock inversion scenario if it calls a demux handler
with the list protection lock held.

A solution for this is to free the irq descriptor via RCU, so the
list can be walked with rcu read lock held.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Keith Busch <keith.busch@intel.com>
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Thomas Gleixner committed Dec 14, 2015
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6 changes: 6 additions & 0 deletions include/linux/irqdesc.h
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#ifndef _LINUX_IRQDESC_H
#define _LINUX_IRQDESC_H

#include <linux/rcupdate.h>

/*
* Core internal functions to deal with irq descriptors
*/
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* IRQF_NO_SUSPEND set
* @force_resume_depth: number of irqactions on a irq descriptor with
* IRQF_FORCE_RESUME set
* @rcu: rcu head for delayed free
* @dir: /proc/irq/ procfs entry
* @name: flow handler name for /proc/interrupts output
*/
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#endif
#ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS
struct proc_dir_entry *dir;
#endif
#ifdef CONFIG_SPARSE_IRQ
struct rcu_head rcu;
#endif
int parent_irq;
struct module *owner;
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19 changes: 16 additions & 3 deletions kernel/irq/irqdesc.c
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raw_spin_lock_init(&desc->lock);
lockdep_set_class(&desc->lock, &irq_desc_lock_class);
init_rcu_head(&desc->rcu);

desc_set_defaults(irq, desc, node, owner);

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return NULL;
}

static void delayed_free_desc(struct rcu_head *rhp)
{
struct irq_desc *desc = container_of(rhp, struct irq_desc, rcu);

free_masks(desc);
free_percpu(desc->kstat_irqs);
kfree(desc);
}

static void free_desc(unsigned int irq)
{
struct irq_desc *desc = irq_to_desc(irq);
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delete_irq_desc(irq);
mutex_unlock(&sparse_irq_lock);

free_masks(desc);
free_percpu(desc->kstat_irqs);
kfree(desc);
/*
* We free the descriptor, masks and stat fields via RCU. That
* allows demultiplex interrupts to do rcu based management of
* the child interrupts.
*/
call_rcu(&desc->rcu, delayed_free_desc);
}

static int alloc_descs(unsigned int start, unsigned int cnt, int node,
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