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[PATCH] x86-64: Fix race in IO-APIC routing entry setup.

Interrupt could happen between setting the IO-APIC entry
and setting its interrupt data.

Pointed out by Linus.

Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
Andi Kleen 18 years ago
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1 changed files with 9 additions and 3 deletions
  1. 9 3
      arch/x86_64/kernel/io_apic.c

+ 9 - 3
arch/x86_64/kernel/io_apic.c

@@ -174,14 +174,20 @@ static struct IO_APIC_route_entry ioapic_read_entry(int apic, int pin)
  * the interrupt, and we need to make sure the entry is fully populated
  * before that happens.
  */
-static void ioapic_write_entry(int apic, int pin, struct IO_APIC_route_entry e)
+static void
+__ioapic_write_entry(int apic, int pin, struct IO_APIC_route_entry e)
 {
-	unsigned long flags;
 	union entry_union eu;
 	eu.entry = e;
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&ioapic_lock, flags);
 	io_apic_write(apic, 0x11 + 2*pin, eu.w2);
 	io_apic_write(apic, 0x10 + 2*pin, eu.w1);
+}
+
+static void ioapic_write_entry(int apic, int pin, struct IO_APIC_route_entry e)
+{
+	unsigned long flags;
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&ioapic_lock, flags);
+	__ioapic_write_entry(apic, pin, e);
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ioapic_lock, flags);
 }