Hi Matthias,
On 4/25/07, Robert Hancock <[email protected]> wrote:
Matthias Kaehlcke wrote:
> El Tue, Apr 24, 2007 at 07:53:04PM +0200 Oliver Neukum ha dit:
>
>> Am Dienstag, 24. April 2007 19:49 schrieb Matthias Kaehlcke:
>>> @@ -1706,7 +1706,7 @@ static int rp_write(struct tty_struct *tty,
>>> if (count <= 0 || rocket_paranoia_check(info, "rp_write"))
>>> return 0;
>>>
>>> - down_interruptible(&info->write_sem);
>>> + mutex_lock_interruptible(&info->write_mtx);
>> This is a bug. It is also present in the current code, but nevertheless
>> it is a bug. If you use an interruptible lock, you must be ready to deal
>> with interrupts, which are ignored by this code.
> [...]
> i'm a bit confused now about the interruptible locks, i thought using
> them means that the process will be waked up when receiving a
> signal. what role are playing interrupts when using interruptible locks?
You are correct, interrupts aren't involved. However if the wait is
interrupted by a signal, mutex_lock_interruptible will return a nonzero
return code which needs to be checked for (and likely -ERESTARTSYS or
-EINTR returned), otherwise the code will blindly continue as though it
has locked the mutex even though it has not.
Think I'll elaborate Robert's explanation for your benefit :-) Unlike
mutex_lock() and down() that put the task to TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE
sleep if the lock can't be acquired immediately,
mutex_lock_interruptible() and down_interruptible() sleep in
TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE state. So the task _can_ be woken up (without even
acquiring the lock) by incoming signals. When that happens, we can't
just blindly go on ... so the return values of the _interruptible()
versions of the locking functions *must* be checked for success and if
not, the task should return with error.
Use -ERESTARTSYS if a previous intermediate caller checks this return
value and tries and restarts the whole operation. If no such previous
caller exists (and/or introducing it would involve a change in kernel
behaviour as seen from userspace), you can safely use -EINTR. The goal
is that userspace must not get to see -ERESTARTSYS.
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