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author | Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> | 2020-08-18 15:57:36 +0200 |
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committer | Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> | 2020-09-01 09:58:03 +0200 |
commit | 70d932985757fbe978024db313001218e9f8fe5c (patch) | |
tree | 66e9c13a3877d35009421dd0aa19a13d2d06450a /drivers/oprofile | |
parent | f75aef392f869018f78cfedf3c320a6b3fcfda6b (diff) |
notifier: Fix broken error handling pattern
The current notifiers have the following error handling pattern all
over the place:
int err, nr;
err = __foo_notifier_call_chain(&chain, val_up, v, -1, &nr);
if (err & NOTIFIER_STOP_MASK)
__foo_notifier_call_chain(&chain, val_down, v, nr-1, NULL)
And aside from the endless repetition thereof, it is broken. Consider
blocking notifiers; both calls take and drop the rwsem, this means
that the notifier list can change in between the two calls, making @nr
meaningless.
Fix this by replacing all the __foo_notifier_call_chain() functions
with foo_notifier_call_chain_robust() that embeds the above pattern,
but ensures it is inside a single lock region.
Note: I switched atomic_notifier_call_chain_robust() to use
the spinlock, since RCU cannot provide the guarantee
required for the recovery.
Note: software_resume() error handling was broken afaict.
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200818135804.325626653@infradead.org
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