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bpf: Update locking comment in hashtab code
authorThomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Mon, 24 Feb 2020 14:01:34 +0000 (15:01 +0100)
committerAlexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
Tue, 25 Feb 2020 00:12:20 +0000 (16:12 -0800)
commit80496b77ef3b31295264bd63b8c5f959ba381e0f
tree1c700844ea53f82eec530d9fdf37d7776f9938df
parentac529460806554fdb77bfba2b08f05c546b2bf68
bpf: Update locking comment in hashtab code

The comment where the bucket lock is acquired says:

  /* bpf_map_update_elem() can be called in_irq() */

which is not really helpful and aside of that it does not explain the
subtle details of the hash bucket locks expecially in the context of BPF
and perf, kprobes and tracing.

Add a comment at the top of the file which explains the protection scopes
and the details how potential deadlocks are prevented.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20200224145642.755793061@linutronix.de
kernel/bpf/hashtab.c