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authorDmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>2013-10-08 08:43:00 -0700
committerDmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>2013-10-08 08:43:00 -0700
commite3c55d406bd8df1a878546002c93db90c42be10c (patch)
treeefb0ba2707c95fd7166cf1b76887c43c977e37dd /kernel/softirq.c
parent4d6e482675f13e33599fc3d18fc723959be0a9b6 (diff)
parentd0e639c9e06d44e713170031fe05fb60ebe680af (diff)
Merge tag 'v3.12-rc4' into next
Merge with mainline to bring in changes to input subsystem that were committed through other trees.
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/softirq.c')
-rw-r--r--kernel/softirq.c17
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/softirq.c b/kernel/softirq.c
index be3d3514c32..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)
@@ -876,7 +885,6 @@ int __init __weak early_irq_init(void)
return 0;
}
-#ifdef CONFIG_GENERIC_HARDIRQS
int __init __weak arch_probe_nr_irqs(void)
{
return NR_IRQS_LEGACY;
@@ -886,4 +894,3 @@ int __init __weak arch_early_irq_init(void)
{
return 0;
}
-#endif