[PATCH RT 4/6] kernel/hrtimer: be non-freezeable in cpu_chill()

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3.2.55-rt79-rc1 stable review patch.
If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Since we replaced msleep() by hrtimer I see now and then (rarely) this:

| [....] Waiting for /dev to be fully populated...
| =====================================
| [ BUG: udevd/229 still has locks held! ]
| 3.12.11-rt17 #23 Not tainted
| -------------------------------------
| 1 lock held by udevd/229:
|  #0:  (&type->i_mutex_dir_key#2){+.+.+.}, at: lookup_slow+0x28/0x98
|
| stack backtrace:
| CPU: 0 PID: 229 Comm: udevd Not tainted 3.12.11-rt17 #23
| (unwind_backtrace+0x0/0xf8) from (show_stack+0x10/0x14)
| (show_stack+0x10/0x14) from (dump_stack+0x74/0xbc)
| (dump_stack+0x74/0xbc) from (do_nanosleep+0x120/0x160)
| (do_nanosleep+0x120/0x160) from (hrtimer_nanosleep+0x90/0x110)
| (hrtimer_nanosleep+0x90/0x110) from (cpu_chill+0x30/0x38)
| (cpu_chill+0x30/0x38) from (dentry_kill+0x158/0x1ec)
| (dentry_kill+0x158/0x1ec) from (dput+0x74/0x15c)
| (dput+0x74/0x15c) from (lookup_real+0x4c/0x50)
| (lookup_real+0x4c/0x50) from (__lookup_hash+0x34/0x44)
| (__lookup_hash+0x34/0x44) from (lookup_slow+0x38/0x98)
| (lookup_slow+0x38/0x98) from (path_lookupat+0x208/0x7fc)
| (path_lookupat+0x208/0x7fc) from (filename_lookup+0x20/0x60)
| (filename_lookup+0x20/0x60) from (user_path_at_empty+0x50/0x7c)
| (user_path_at_empty+0x50/0x7c) from (user_path_at+0x14/0x1c)
| (user_path_at+0x14/0x1c) from (vfs_fstatat+0x48/0x94)
| (vfs_fstatat+0x48/0x94) from (SyS_stat64+0x14/0x30)
| (SyS_stat64+0x14/0x30) from (ret_fast_syscall+0x0/0x48)

For now I see no better way but to disable the freezer the sleep the period.

Cc: stable-rt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 kernel/hrtimer.c | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/kernel/hrtimer.c b/kernel/hrtimer.c
index a9f8842..71acc21 100644
--- a/kernel/hrtimer.c
+++ b/kernel/hrtimer.c
@@ -1856,8 +1856,12 @@ void cpu_chill(void)
 	struct timespec tu = {
 		.tv_nsec = NSEC_PER_MSEC,
 	};
+	unsigned int freeze_flag = current->flags & PF_NOFREEZE;
 
+	current->flags |= PF_NOFREEZE;
 	hrtimer_nanosleep(&tu, NULL, HRTIMER_MODE_REL, CLOCK_MONOTONIC);
+	if (!freeze_flag)
+		current->flags &= ~PF_NOFREEZE;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(cpu_chill);
 #endif
-- 
1.8.5.3


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