releases/2.6.32.50/genirq-fix-race-condition-when-stopping-the-irq-thread.patch

From 550acb19269d65f32e9ac4ddb26c2b2070e37f1c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ido Yariv <ido@wizery.com>
Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2011 13:55:08 +0200
Subject: genirq: Fix race condition when stopping the irq thread

From: Ido Yariv <ido@wizery.com>

commit 550acb19269d65f32e9ac4ddb26c2b2070e37f1c upstream.

In irq_wait_for_interrupt(), the should_stop member is verified before
setting the task's state to TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE and calling schedule().
In case kthread_stop sets should_stop and wakes up the process after
should_stop is checked by the irq thread but before the task's state
is changed, the irq thread might never exit:

kthread_stop                    irq_wait_for_interrupt
------------                    ----------------------

                                 ...
...                              while (!kthread_should_stop()) {
kthread->should_stop = 1;
wake_up_process(k);
wait_for_completion(&kthread->exited);
...
                                     set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);

                                     ...

                                     schedule();
                                 }

Fix this by checking if the thread should stop after modifying the
task's state.

[ tglx: Simplified it a bit ]

Signed-off-by: Ido Yariv <ido@wizery.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1322740508-22640-1-git-send-email-ido@wizery.com
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>

---
 kernel/irq/manage.c |    5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/kernel/irq/manage.c
+++ b/kernel/irq/manage.c
@@ -475,8 +475,9 @@ static irqreturn_t irq_nested_primary_ha
 
 static int irq_wait_for_interrupt(struct irqaction *action)
 {
+	set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
+
 	while (!kthread_should_stop()) {
-		set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
 
 		if (test_and_clear_bit(IRQTF_RUNTHREAD,
 				       &action->thread_flags)) {
@@ -484,7 +485,9 @@ static int irq_wait_for_interrupt(struct
 			return 0;
 		}
 		schedule();
+		set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
 	}
+	__set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
 	return -1;
 }