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authorJesper Dangaard Brouer <hawk@comx.dk>2009-09-23 15:57:29 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2009-09-24 07:21:05 -0700
commit458e5ff13e1bed050990d97e9aa55bcdafc951a7 (patch)
tree521d837beabe5265f070351a8ea42d48408ec5d7 /drivers/edac/edac_device.c
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edac: core: remove completion-wait for complete with rcu_barrier
Module edac_core.ko uses call_rcu() callbacks in edac_device.c, edac_mc.c and edac_pci.c. They all use a wait_for_completion() scheme, but this scheme it not 100% safe on multiple CPUs. See the _rcu_barrier() implementation which explains why extra precausion is needed. The patch adds a comment about rcu_barrier() and as a precausion calls rcu_barrier(). A maintainer needs to look at removing the wait_for_completion code. [dougthompson@xmission.com: remove the wait_for_completion code] Signed-off-by Jesper Dangaard Brouer <hawk@comx.dk> Signed-off-by: Doug Thompson <dougthompson@xmission.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/edac/edac_device.c')
-rw-r--r--drivers/edac/edac_device.c5
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/edac/edac_device.c b/drivers/edac/edac_device.c
index b02a6a69a8f0..d5e13c94714f 100644
--- a/drivers/edac/edac_device.c
+++ b/drivers/edac/edac_device.c
@@ -356,7 +356,6 @@ static void complete_edac_device_list_del(struct rcu_head *head)
edac_dev = container_of(head, struct edac_device_ctl_info, rcu);
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&edac_dev->link);
- complete(&edac_dev->removal_complete);
}
/*
@@ -369,10 +368,8 @@ static void del_edac_device_from_global_list(struct edac_device_ctl_info
*edac_device)
{
list_del_rcu(&edac_device->link);
-
- init_completion(&edac_device->removal_complete);
call_rcu(&edac_device->rcu, complete_edac_device_list_del);
- wait_for_completion(&edac_device->removal_complete);
+ rcu_barrier();
}
/*