File 56b0a90a-credit-update-timeslice-under-lock.patch of Package xen.8425

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File 56b0a90a-credit-update-timeslice-under-lock.patch of Package xen.8425

# Commit f2c96ac4dedf4976e46de34c69c2cd8b289c4ef2
# Date 2016-02-02 14:03:06 +0100
# Author Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com>
# Committer Jan Beulich <jbeulich@suse.com>
credit: update timeslice under lock

When updating the timeslice of the credit scheduler protect the
scheduler's private data by it's lock. Today a possible race could
result only in some weird scheduling decisions during one timeslice,
but further adjustments will need the lock anyway.

Signed-off-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com>
Reviewed-by: Dario Faggioli <dario.faggioli@citrix.com>

--- a/xen/common/sched_credit.c
+++ b/xen/common/sched_credit.c
@@ -1102,6 +1102,7 @@ csched_sys_cntl(const struct scheduler *
     int rc = -EINVAL;
     xen_sysctl_credit_schedule_t *params = &sc->u.sched_credit;
     struct csched_private *prv = CSCHED_PRIV(ops);
+    unsigned long flags;
 
     switch ( sc->cmd )
     {
@@ -1113,8 +1114,12 @@ csched_sys_cntl(const struct scheduler *
                     || params->ratelimit_us < XEN_SYSCTL_SCHED_RATELIMIT_MIN))
             || MICROSECS(params->ratelimit_us) > MILLISECS(params->tslice_ms) )
                 goto out;
+
+        spin_lock_irqsave(&prv->lock, flags);
         __csched_set_tslice(prv, params->tslice_ms);
         prv->ratelimit_us = params->ratelimit_us;
+        spin_unlock_irqrestore(&prv->lock, flags);
+
         /* FALLTHRU */
     case XEN_SYSCTL_SCHEDOP_getinfo:
         params->tslice_ms = prv->tslice_ms;

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