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authorKumar Gala <galak@kernel.crashing.org>2006-02-28 11:25:22 -0600
committerKumar Gala <galak@kernel.crashing.org>2006-02-28 11:25:22 -0600
commit9585da3729e7e27bf22818625c10ac6c64ebb609 (patch)
tree8c8d46f7f2cc933fdf75a6a75cf593a63f7b8717 /mm/slab.c
parent8080d5497146d5d27d9e8e78229d1adc7fe280cf (diff)
parent6749c5507388f3fc3719f57a54b540ee83f6661a (diff)
Merge branch 'master' of git+ssh://galak@master.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/galak/powerpc
Diffstat (limited to 'mm/slab.c')
-rw-r--r--mm/slab.c10
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/mm/slab.c b/mm/slab.c
index d66c2b0d971..add05d808a4 100644
--- a/mm/slab.c
+++ b/mm/slab.c
@@ -1717,6 +1717,12 @@ kmem_cache_create (const char *name, size_t size, size_t align,
BUG();
}
+ /*
+ * Prevent CPUs from coming and going.
+ * lock_cpu_hotplug() nests outside cache_chain_mutex
+ */
+ lock_cpu_hotplug();
+
mutex_lock(&cache_chain_mutex);
list_for_each(p, &cache_chain) {
@@ -1918,8 +1924,6 @@ kmem_cache_create (const char *name, size_t size, size_t align,
cachep->dtor = dtor;
cachep->name = name;
- /* Don't let CPUs to come and go */
- lock_cpu_hotplug();
if (g_cpucache_up == FULL) {
enable_cpucache(cachep);
@@ -1978,12 +1982,12 @@ kmem_cache_create (const char *name, size_t size, size_t align,
/* cache setup completed, link it into the list */
list_add(&cachep->next, &cache_chain);
- unlock_cpu_hotplug();
oops:
if (!cachep && (flags & SLAB_PANIC))
panic("kmem_cache_create(): failed to create slab `%s'\n",
name);
mutex_unlock(&cache_chain_mutex);
+ unlock_cpu_hotplug();
return cachep;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(kmem_cache_create);