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backtrace: replace timer with tasklet + completions
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On qemu, the backtrace would show up _after_ the "end of backtrace
testing" message.

This patch changes it to use completions instead, which will guarantee
that no such race exists.

Cc: Arjan van de Ven <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Vegard Nossum <[email protected]>
Cc: Arjan van de Ven <[email protected]>
Cc: Andrew Morton <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <[email protected]>
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vegard authored and Ingo Molnar committed Jun 27, 2008
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37 changes: 26 additions & 11 deletions kernel/backtracetest.c
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* of the License.
*/

#include <linux/completion.h>
#include <linux/delay.h>
#include <linux/interrupt.h>
#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/sched.h>
#include <linux/stacktrace.h>

static struct timer_list backtrace_timer;
static void backtrace_test_normal(void)
{
printk("Testing a backtrace from process context.\n");
printk("The following trace is a kernel self test and not a bug!\n");

dump_stack();
}

static DECLARE_COMPLETION(backtrace_work);

static void backtrace_test_irq_callback(unsigned long data)
{
dump_stack();
complete(&backtrace_work);
}

static DECLARE_TASKLET(backtrace_tasklet, &backtrace_test_irq_callback, 0);

static void backtrace_test_timer(unsigned long data)
static void backtrace_test_irq(void)
{
printk("Testing a backtrace from irq context.\n");
printk("The following trace is a kernel self test and not a bug!\n");
dump_stack();

init_completion(&backtrace_work);
tasklet_schedule(&backtrace_tasklet);
wait_for_completion(&backtrace_work);
}

#ifdef CONFIG_STACKTRACE
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static int backtrace_regression_test(void)
{
printk("====[ backtrace testing ]===========\n");
printk("Testing a backtrace from process context.\n");
printk("The following trace is a kernel self test and not a bug!\n");
dump_stack();

backtrace_test_normal();
backtrace_test_irq();
backtrace_test_saved();

init_timer(&backtrace_timer);
backtrace_timer.function = backtrace_test_timer;
mod_timer(&backtrace_timer, jiffies + 10);

msleep(10);
printk("====[ end of backtrace testing ]====\n");
return 0;
}
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