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 --- arch/x86_64/kernel/io_apic.c | 12 +++++++++--- 1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) Index: linux/arch/x86_64/kernel/io_apic.c =================================================================== --- linux.orig/arch/x86_64/kernel/io_apic.c +++ linux/arch/x86_64/kernel/io_apic.c @@ -175,14 +175,20 @@ static struct IO_APIC_route_entry ioapic * 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); }