1. 14 Sep, 2011 1 commit
    • Hidetoshi Seto's avatar
      x86, mce: Do not call del_timer_sync() in IRQ context · 9aaef96f
      Hidetoshi Seto authored
      del_timer_sync() can cause a deadlock when called in interrupt context.
      It is used with on_each_cpu() in some parts for sysfs files like bank*,
      check_interval, cmci_disabled and ignore_ce.
      
      However, use of on_each_cpu() results in calling the function passed
      as the argument in interrupt context. This causes a flood of nested
      warnings from del_timer_sync() (it runs on each CPU) caused even by a
      simple file access like:
      
      $ echo 300 > /sys/devices/system/machinecheck/machinecheck0/check_interval
      
      Fortunately, these MCE-specific files are rarely used and AFAIK only few
      MCE geeks experience this warning.
      
      To remove the warning, move timer deletion outside of the interrupt
      context.
      Signed-off-by: default avatarHidetoshi Seto <seto.hidetoshi@jp.fujitsu.com>
      Signed-off-by: default avatarBorislav Petkov <borislav.petkov@amd.com>
      9aaef96f
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