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The intent of balance_callback() has always been to delay executing balancing operations until the end of the current rq->lock section. This is because balance operations must often drop rq->lock, and that isn't safe in general. However, as noted by Scott, there were a few holes in that scheme; balance_callback() was called after rq->lock was dropped, which means another CPU can interleave and touch the callback list. Rework code to call the balance callbacks before dropping rq->lock where possible, and otherwise splice the balance list onto a local stack. This guarantees that the balance list must be empty when we take rq->lock. IOW, we'll only ever run our own balance callbacks. Reported-by: Scott Wood <swood@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Reviewed-by: Valentin Schneider <valentin.schneider@arm.com> Reviewed-by: Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@redhat.com> Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20201023102346.203901269@infradead.org
Linux kernel
============
There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.