martin rogers wrote:
Problem is, the function writeList can be called from a H/W intr,
and a workqueue (and that intr could of course happen while either
the workqueue or the tasklet is running, right?).
If I use spin_lock_irqsave in writeList, it protects against the intr
but not the tasklet.
Yes, it protects against the tasklet as well. Disabling interrupts also
implicity disables BH execution (tasklets).
If I use spin_lock_bh, I don't get protection
from the intr I think; plus, I get :
Badness in local_bh_enable at kernel/softirq.c:142
when the intr runs (what does this mean?).
It means you're enabling BHs when interrupts are disabled, which doesn't
make any sense. You can't use spin_lock_bh/spin_unlock_bh when
interrupts are disabled.
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