On Sun, Mar 25, 2007 at 07:58:16AM +0530, Srivatsa Vaddagiri wrote: > Not just this, continuing further we have more trouble: > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > CPU0 (attach_task T1 to CS2) CPU1 (T1 is exiting) > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > synchronize_rcu() > atomic_dec(&CS1->count); > [CS1->count = 0] > > if atomic_dec_and_test(&oldcs->count)) > [CS1->count = -1] > > > > We now have CS1->count negative. Is that good? I am uncomfortable .. > > We need a task_lock() in cpuset_exit to avoid this race.
2nd race is tricky. We probably need to do this to avoid it: task_lock(tsk); /* Check if tsk->cpuset is still same. We may have raced with * cpuset_exit changing tsk->cpuset again under our feet. */ if (tsk->cpuset == cs && atomic_dec_and_test(&oldcs->count)) { task_unlock(tsk); check_for_release(oldcs, ppathbuf); goto done; } task_unlock(tsk); done: return 0; -- Regards, vatsa - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/