Re: [PATCH] genirq: replace notify with old_notify in irq_set_affinity_notifier()

[Steven Rostedt]

On Sat, 28 Sep 2019 18:19:20 +0300
Ivan Safonov <insafo...@gmail.com> wrote:

> This patch is for Linux 4.19 with a RT patch.
> 
> The second 'if' block does not check notify for NULL,
> this leads to a system crash.
> 
> Most likely, there is a typo here.
> 
> With old_notify system works as expected.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ivan Safonov <insafo...@gmail.com>
> ---
>  kernel/irq/manage.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/irq/manage.c b/kernel/irq/manage.c
> index 290cd520dba1..79a7072dfb3c 100644
> --- a/kernel/irq/manage.c
> +++ b/kernel/irq/manage.c
> @@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ irq_set_affinity_notifier(unsigned int irq, struct 
> irq_affinity_notify *notify)
>  
>       if (old_notify) {
>  #ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT_BASE
> -             kthread_cancel_work_sync(&notify->work);
> +             kthread_cancel_work_sync(&old_notify->work);

Thanks for the patch, but I currently have an RFC out that rewrites all
this code. I'm hoping to apply the RFC patch next week.

-- Steve


>  #else
>               cancel_work_sync(&old_notify->work);
>  #endif