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sysrq: Fix warning in sysrq generated crash.

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Commit 984d74a720 ("sysrq: rcu-ify __handle_sysrq") replaced
spin_lock_irqsave() calls with rcu_read_lock() calls in sysrq. Since
rcu_read_lock() does not disable preemption, faulthandler_disabled() in
__do_page_fault() in x86/fault.c returns false. When the code later calls
might_sleep() in the pagefault handler, we get the following warning:

BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at ../arch/x86/mm/fault.c:1187
in_atomic(): 0, irqs_disabled(): 0, pid: 4706, name: bash
Preemption disabled at:[<ffffffff81484339>] printk+0x48/0x4a

To fix this, we release the RCU read lock before we crash.

Tested this patch on linux 3.18 by booting off one of our boards.

Fixes: 984d74a720 ("sysrq: rcu-ify __handle_sysrq")

Signed-off-by: Ani Sinha <ani@arista.com>
Reviewed-by: Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
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Ani Sinha 2015-12-17 17:15:10 -08:00 committed by Paul E. McKenney
parent 648c630c64
commit 984cf355ae
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drivers/tty/sysrq.c
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@ -133,6 +133,12 @@ static void sysrq_handle_crash(int key)
{
char *killer = NULL;
/* we need to release the RCU read lock here,
* otherwise we get an annoying
* 'BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context'
* complaint from the kernel before the panic.
*/
rcu_read_unlock();
panic_on_oops = 1; /* force panic */
wmb();
*killer = 1;