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-rw-r--r--arch/i386/oprofile/nmi_timer_int.c2
-rw-r--r--arch/ppc64/kernel/HvLpEvent.c2
-rw-r--r--drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c2
-rw-r--r--drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c4
-rw-r--r--drivers/input/keyboard/atkbd.c2
-rw-r--r--drivers/md/multipath.c2
-rw-r--r--drivers/md/raid1.c2
-rw-r--r--drivers/md/raid10.c2
-rw-r--r--drivers/md/raid5.c2
-rw-r--r--drivers/md/raid6main.c2
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/r8169.c2
-rw-r--r--drivers/s390/cio/airq.c4
-rw-r--r--kernel/module.c2
-rw-r--r--kernel/profile.c2
-rw-r--r--mm/slab.c2
-rw-r--r--net/core/dev.c2
16 files changed, 18 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/arch/i386/oprofile/nmi_timer_int.c b/arch/i386/oprofile/nmi_timer_int.c
index b2e462abf337..c58d0c14f274 100644
--- a/arch/i386/oprofile/nmi_timer_int.c
+++ b/arch/i386/oprofile/nmi_timer_int.c
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ static void timer_stop(void)
{
enable_timer_nmi_watchdog();
unset_nmi_callback();
- synchronize_kernel();
+ synchronize_sched(); /* Allow already-started NMIs to complete. */
}
diff --git a/arch/ppc64/kernel/HvLpEvent.c b/arch/ppc64/kernel/HvLpEvent.c
index 9802beefa217..f8f19637f73f 100644
--- a/arch/ppc64/kernel/HvLpEvent.c
+++ b/arch/ppc64/kernel/HvLpEvent.c
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ int HvLpEvent_unregisterHandler( HvLpEvent_Type eventType )
/* We now sleep until all other CPUs have scheduled. This ensures that
* the deletion is seen by all other CPUs, and that the deleted handler
* isn't still running on another CPU when we return. */
- synchronize_kernel();
+ synchronize_rcu();
}
}
return rc;
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c b/drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c
index 05a17812d521..ff64d333e95f 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c
@@ -838,7 +838,7 @@ int acpi_processor_cst_has_changed (struct acpi_processor *pr)
/* Fall back to the default idle loop */
pm_idle = pm_idle_save;
- synchronize_kernel();
+ synchronize_sched(); /* Relies on interrupts forcing exit from idle. */
pr->flags.power = 0;
result = acpi_processor_get_power_info(pr);
diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c
index 29de259a981e..44a7f13c788b 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c
@@ -2199,7 +2199,7 @@ static int init_one_smi(int intf_num, struct smi_info **smi)
/* Wait until we know that we are out of any interrupt
handlers might have been running before we freed the
interrupt. */
- synchronize_kernel();
+ synchronize_sched();
if (new_smi->si_sm) {
if (new_smi->handlers)
@@ -2312,7 +2312,7 @@ static void __exit cleanup_one_si(struct smi_info *to_clean)
/* Wait until we know that we are out of any interrupt
handlers might have been running before we freed the
interrupt. */
- synchronize_kernel();
+ synchronize_sched();
/* Wait for the timer to stop. This avoids problems with race
conditions removing the timer here. */
diff --git a/drivers/input/keyboard/atkbd.c b/drivers/input/keyboard/atkbd.c
index f7304f0ce542..ff66ed4ee2cd 100644
--- a/drivers/input/keyboard/atkbd.c
+++ b/drivers/input/keyboard/atkbd.c
@@ -678,7 +678,7 @@ static void atkbd_disconnect(struct serio *serio)
atkbd_disable(atkbd);
/* make sure we don't have a command in flight */
- synchronize_kernel();
+ synchronize_sched(); /* Allow atkbd_interrupt()s to complete. */
flush_scheduled_work();
device_remove_file(&serio->dev, &atkbd_attr_extra);
diff --git a/drivers/md/multipath.c b/drivers/md/multipath.c
index c9b134cd1532..1891e4930dcc 100644
--- a/drivers/md/multipath.c
+++ b/drivers/md/multipath.c
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ static int multipath_remove_disk(mddev_t *mddev, int number)
goto abort;
}
p->rdev = NULL;
- synchronize_kernel();
+ synchronize_rcu();
if (atomic_read(&rdev->nr_pending)) {
/* lost the race, try later */
err = -EBUSY;
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid1.c b/drivers/md/raid1.c
index a389394b52f6..83380b5d6593 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid1.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid1.c
@@ -797,7 +797,7 @@ static int raid1_remove_disk(mddev_t *mddev, int number)
goto abort;
}
p->rdev = NULL;
- synchronize_kernel();
+ synchronize_rcu();
if (atomic_read(&rdev->nr_pending)) {
/* lost the race, try later */
err = -EBUSY;
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid10.c b/drivers/md/raid10.c
index b100bfe4fdca..e9dc2876a626 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid10.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid10.c
@@ -977,7 +977,7 @@ static int raid10_remove_disk(mddev_t *mddev, int number)
goto abort;
}
p->rdev = NULL;
- synchronize_kernel();
+ synchronize_rcu();
if (atomic_read(&rdev->nr_pending)) {
/* lost the race, try later */
err = -EBUSY;
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid5.c b/drivers/md/raid5.c
index 52c3a81c4aa7..e96e2a10a9c9 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid5.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid5.c
@@ -1873,7 +1873,7 @@ static int raid5_remove_disk(mddev_t *mddev, int number)
goto abort;
}
p->rdev = NULL;
- synchronize_kernel();
+ synchronize_rcu();
if (atomic_read(&rdev->nr_pending)) {
/* lost the race, try later */
err = -EBUSY;
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid6main.c b/drivers/md/raid6main.c
index 7e30ab29691a..8a33f351e092 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid6main.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid6main.c
@@ -2038,7 +2038,7 @@ static int raid6_remove_disk(mddev_t *mddev, int number)
goto abort;
}
p->rdev = NULL;
- synchronize_kernel();
+ synchronize_rcu();
if (atomic_read(&rdev->nr_pending)) {
/* lost the race, try later */
err = -EBUSY;
diff --git a/drivers/net/r8169.c b/drivers/net/r8169.c
index 07e2df09491f..c59507f8a76b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/r8169.c
+++ b/drivers/net/r8169.c
@@ -2385,7 +2385,7 @@ core_down:
}
/* Give a racing hard_start_xmit a few cycles to complete. */
- synchronize_kernel();
+ synchronize_sched(); /* FIXME: should this be synchronize_irq()? */
/*
* And now for the 50k$ question: are IRQ disabled or not ?
diff --git a/drivers/s390/cio/airq.c b/drivers/s390/cio/airq.c
index 3720e77b465f..83e6a060668e 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/cio/airq.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/cio/airq.c
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ s390_register_adapter_interrupt (adapter_int_handler_t handler)
else
ret = (cmpxchg(&adapter_handler, NULL, handler) ? -EBUSY : 0);
if (!ret)
- synchronize_kernel();
+ synchronize_sched(); /* Allow interrupts to complete. */
sprintf (dbf_txt, "ret:%d", ret);
CIO_TRACE_EVENT (4, dbf_txt);
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ s390_unregister_adapter_interrupt (adapter_int_handler_t handler)
ret = -EINVAL;
else {
adapter_handler = NULL;
- synchronize_kernel();
+ synchronize_sched(); /* Allow interrupts to complete. */
ret = 0;
}
sprintf (dbf_txt, "ret:%d", ret);
diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c
index 2dbfa0773faf..5734ab09d3f9 100644
--- a/kernel/module.c
+++ b/kernel/module.c
@@ -1801,7 +1801,7 @@ sys_init_module(void __user *umod,
/* Init routine failed: abort. Try to protect us from
buggy refcounters. */
mod->state = MODULE_STATE_GOING;
- synchronize_kernel();
+ synchronize_sched();
if (mod->unsafe)
printk(KERN_ERR "%s: module is now stuck!\n",
mod->name);
diff --git a/kernel/profile.c b/kernel/profile.c
index a66be468c422..0221a50ca867 100644
--- a/kernel/profile.c
+++ b/kernel/profile.c
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ void unregister_timer_hook(int (*hook)(struct pt_regs *))
WARN_ON(hook != timer_hook);
timer_hook = NULL;
/* make sure all CPUs see the NULL hook */
- synchronize_kernel();
+ synchronize_sched(); /* Allow ongoing interrupts to complete. */
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(register_timer_hook);
diff --git a/mm/slab.c b/mm/slab.c
index 771cc09f9f1a..840742641152 100644
--- a/mm/slab.c
+++ b/mm/slab.c
@@ -1666,7 +1666,7 @@ int kmem_cache_destroy(kmem_cache_t * cachep)
}
if (unlikely(cachep->flags & SLAB_DESTROY_BY_RCU))
- synchronize_kernel();
+ synchronize_rcu();
/* no cpu_online check required here since we clear the percpu
* array on cpu offline and set this to NULL.
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 7bd4cd4502c4..f5f005846fe1 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -3091,7 +3091,7 @@ void free_netdev(struct net_device *dev)
void synchronize_net(void)
{
might_sleep();
- synchronize_kernel();
+ synchronize_rcu();
}
/**