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authorIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>2013-10-09 12:36:13 +0200
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>2013-10-09 12:36:13 +0200
commit37bf06375c90a42fe07b9bebdb07bc316ae5a0ce (patch)
treede572dd6d3955b0725001776a7b03796f99e1e8e /kernel/softirq.c
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Merge tag 'v3.12-rc4' into sched/core
Merge Linux v3.12-rc4 to fix a conflict and also to refresh the tree before applying more scheduler patches. Conflicts: arch/avr32/include/asm/Kbuild Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
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 3e88612fc87e..dcab1d3fb53d 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)