Linus, Please pull the latest irq-urgent-for-linus git tree from:
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git irq-urgent-for-linus HEAD: 0d119fb57614fe947aa9048f61d680bbede64170 Merge branch 'irq/urgent-v2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/frederic/linux-dynticks into irq/urgent Frederic's minimal fix for hardirq/softirq nesting crashes. Thanks, Ingo ------------------> Frederic Weisbecker (1): irq: Force hardirq exit's softirq processing on its own stack kernel/softirq.c | 15 ++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/softirq.c b/kernel/softirq.c index 53cc09c..d7d498d 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) -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/