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authorPekka Paalanen <pq@iki.fi>2008-05-12 21:21:01 +0200
committerThomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>2008-05-23 21:56:52 +0200
commit2f1dafe50cc4e58a239fd81bd47f87f32042a1ee (patch)
tree2a5a5653c37ac4846889404bad4142a1a1edbeaa /arch/x86
parent107bad8bef5ab2c3a3bff7648c18c9dc3abdc13b (diff)
x86: fix SMP alternatives: use mutex instead of spinlock, text_poke is sleepable
text_poke is sleepable. The original fix by Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@polymtl.ca>. Signed-off-by: Pekka Paalanen <pq@iki.fi> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86')
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c18
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
index de240ba2e28..2763cb37b55 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/sched.h>
-#include <linux/spinlock.h>
+#include <linux/mutex.h>
#include <linux/list.h>
#include <linux/kprobes.h>
#include <linux/mm.h>
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ struct smp_alt_module {
struct list_head next;
};
static LIST_HEAD(smp_alt_modules);
-static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(smp_alt);
+static DEFINE_MUTEX(smp_alt);
static int smp_mode = 1; /* protected by smp_alt */
void alternatives_smp_module_add(struct module *mod, char *name,
@@ -312,12 +312,12 @@ void alternatives_smp_module_add(struct module *mod, char *name,
__func__, smp->locks, smp->locks_end,
smp->text, smp->text_end, smp->name);
- spin_lock(&smp_alt);
+ mutex_lock(&smp_alt);
list_add_tail(&smp->next, &smp_alt_modules);
if (boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_UP))
alternatives_smp_unlock(smp->locks, smp->locks_end,
smp->text, smp->text_end);
- spin_unlock(&smp_alt);
+ mutex_unlock(&smp_alt);
}
void alternatives_smp_module_del(struct module *mod)
@@ -327,17 +327,17 @@ void alternatives_smp_module_del(struct module *mod)
if (smp_alt_once || noreplace_smp)
return;
- spin_lock(&smp_alt);
+ mutex_lock(&smp_alt);
list_for_each_entry(item, &smp_alt_modules, next) {
if (mod != item->mod)
continue;
list_del(&item->next);
- spin_unlock(&smp_alt);
+ mutex_unlock(&smp_alt);
DPRINTK("%s: %s\n", __func__, item->name);
kfree(item);
return;
}
- spin_unlock(&smp_alt);
+ mutex_unlock(&smp_alt);
}
void alternatives_smp_switch(int smp)
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ void alternatives_smp_switch(int smp)
return;
BUG_ON(!smp && (num_online_cpus() > 1));
- spin_lock(&smp_alt);
+ mutex_lock(&smp_alt);
/*
* Avoid unnecessary switches because it forces JIT based VMs to
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ void alternatives_smp_switch(int smp)
mod->text, mod->text_end);
}
smp_mode = smp;
- spin_unlock(&smp_alt);
+ mutex_unlock(&smp_alt);
}
#endif