On Wed, October 31, 2012 6:53 AM
Xiaotian Feng <xtf...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Some driver uses tasklet_disable in device remove/release process,
> tasklet_disable will inc tasklet->count and return. If the tasklet
> is not handled yet under some softirq pressure, the tasklet will be
> placed on the tasklet_vec, never have a chance to be excuted. This
> might
> lead to a heavy loaded ksoftirqd, wakeup with pending_softirq, but
> tasklet is disabled. tasklet_kill should be used in this case.
>
> Signed-off-by: Xiaotian Feng <dannyf...@tencent.com>
> Cc: Matt Porter <mpor...@kernel.crashing.org>
> Cc: Alexandre Bounine <alexandre.boun...@idt.com>
> Cc: Andrew Morton <a...@linux-foundation.org>
> ---
> drivers/rapidio/devices/tsi721_dma.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/rapidio/devices/tsi721_dma.c
> b/drivers/rapidio/devices/tsi721_dma.c
> index 92e06a5..a098fbc 100644
> --- a/drivers/rapidio/devices/tsi721_dma.c
> +++ b/drivers/rapidio/devices/tsi721_dma.c
> @@ -589,7 +589,7 @@ static void tsi721_free_chan_resources(struct
> dma_chan *dchan)
> BUG_ON(!list_empty(&bdma_chan->active_list));
> BUG_ON(!list_empty(&bdma_chan->queue));
>
> - tasklet_disable(&bdma_chan->tasklet);
> + tasklet_kill(&bdma_chan->tasklet);
>
> spin_lock_bh(&bdma_chan->lock);
> list_splice_init(&bdma_chan->free_list, &list);
> --
> 1.7.9.5
I agree with reported issue.
Switching to tasklet_kill() also requires to disable interrupts first.
I will update that part and post a new patch.
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