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Thomas Gleixner committed 425a5072dcd
genirq: Free irq_desc with rcu The new VMD device driver needs to iterate over a list of "demultiplexing" interrupts. Protecting that list with a lock is not possible because the list is also required in code pathes which hold irq descriptor lock. Therefor the demultiplexing interrupt handler would create a lock inversion scenario if it calls a demux handler with the list protection lock held. A solution for this is to free the irq descriptor via RCU, so the list can be walked with rcu read lock held. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: Keith Busch <keith.busch@intel.com>