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[ Upstream commit fb7275acd6fb988313dddd8d3d19efa70d9015ad ] When dumping lock_classes information via /proc/lockdep, we can't take the lockdep lock as the lock hold time is indeterminate. Iterating over all_lock_classes without holding lock can be dangerous as there is a slight chance that it may branch off to other lists leading to infinite loop or even access invalid memory if changes are made to all_lock_classes list in parallel. To avoid this problem, iteration of lock classes is now done directly on the lock_classes array itself. The lock_classes_in_use bitmap is checked to see if the lock class is being used. To avoid iterating the full array all the times, a new max_lock_class_idx value is added to track the maximum lock_class index that is currently being used. We can theoretically take the lockdep lock for iterating all_lock_classes when other lockdep files (lockdep_stats and lock_stat) are accessed as the lock hold time will be shorter for them. For consistency, they are also modified to iterate the lock_classes array directly. Signed-off-by: Waiman Long <longman@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20220211035526.1329503-2-longman@redhat.com Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.