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authorKonrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com>2013-11-08 15:28:05 -0500
committerKonrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com>2013-11-08 15:28:05 -0500
commitbad97817dece759dd6c0b24f862b7d0ed588edda (patch)
treefcabaa3ae3e2f17236135e60dc875f47e852cc6d /kernel/softirq.c
parent6fe19278ffebdd57e5c5ec10275e6d423404364e (diff)
parent61e6cfa80de5760bbe406f4e815b7739205754d2 (diff)
Merge tag 'v3.12-rc5' into stable/for-linus-3.13
Linux 3.12-rc5 Because the Stefano branch (for SWIOTLB ARM changes) is based on that. Signed-off-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com> * tag 'v3.12-rc5': (550 commits) Linux 3.12-rc5 watchdog: sunxi: Fix section mismatch watchdog: kempld_wdt: Fix bit mask definition watchdog: ts72xx_wdt: locking bug in ioctl ARM: exynos: dts: Update 5250 arch timer node with clock frequency parisc: let probe_kernel_read() capture access to page zero parisc: optimize variable initialization in do_page_fault parisc: fix interruption handler to respect pagefault_disable() parisc: mark parisc_terminate() noreturn and cold. parisc: remove unused syscall_ipi() function. parisc: kill SMP single function call interrupt parisc: Export flush_cache_page() (needed by lustre) vfs: allow O_PATH file descriptors for fstatfs() ext4: fix memory leak in xattr ARC: Ignore ptrace SETREGSET request for synthetic register "stop_pc" ALSA: hda - Sony VAIO Pro 13 (haswell) now has a working headset jack ALSA: hda - Add a headset mic model for ALC269 and friends ALSA: hda - Fix microphone for Sony VAIO Pro 13 (Haswell model) compiler/gcc4: Add quirk for 'asm goto' miscompilation bug Revert "i915: Update VGA arbiter support for newer devices" ...
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/softirq.c')
-rw-r--r--kernel/softirq.c15
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/softirq.c b/kernel/softirq.c
index 53cc09ceb0b..d7d498d8cc4 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)