rcu: Permit rt_mutex_unlock() with irqs disabled
authorPaul E. McKenney <paul.mckenney@linaro.org>
Wed, 17 Aug 2011 00:46:46 +0000 (17:46 -0700)
committerPaul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Thu, 29 Sep 2011 04:38:43 +0000 (21:38 -0700)
commit5342e269b2b58ee0b0b4168a94087faaa60d0567
tree77467d64948328e506f06eaf5a719de7fade4b83
parent06ae115a1d551cd952d80df06eaf8b5153351875
rcu: Permit rt_mutex_unlock() with irqs disabled

Create a separate lockdep class for the rt_mutex used for RCU priority
boosting and enable use of rt_mutex_lock() with irqs disabled.  This
prevents RCU priority boosting from falling prey to deadlocks when
someone begins an RCU read-side critical section in preemptible state,
but releases it with an irq-disabled lock held.

Unfortunately, the scheduler's runqueue and priority-inheritance locks
still must either completely enclose or be completely enclosed by any
overlapping RCU read-side critical section.

This version removes a redundant local_irq_restore() noted by
Yong Zhang.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paul.mckenney@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
kernel/rcutree_plugin.h
kernel/rtmutex.c