[PATCH] x86-64: 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 <ak@suse.de>

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86_64/kernel/io_apic.c b/arch/x86_64/kernel/io_apic.c
index 88fcc4ebbf6e..eaf0b708e67d 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/kernel/io_apic.c
+++ b/arch/x86_64/kernel/io_apic.c
@@ -174,14 +174,20 @@ static struct IO_APIC_route_entry ioapic_read_entry(int apic, int pin)
  * 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);
 }