as normal device interrupts. Because of this, we won't get IPIs while
servicing such interrupts. This can lead to the following deadlock
scenario as reported by Bill Sommerfeld:
- Process runs on cpu1, but has FP state on cpu0.
- Process executes FP-using insn, causing an FP trap, which causes
the kernel lock to be acquired.
- At roughly the same time, cpu0 receives a device interrupt, and attempts
to acquire the kernel lock, which blocks since cpu1 already has it.
- cpu1 sends cpu0 a SYNCH FPU IPI, and waits for cpu0 to release its
FP state.
- Since cpu0 cannot notice the IPI until it has processed the device
interrupt, which it cannot do because it cannot acquire the kernel
lock, we have deadlock.
Solve the problem by adding a spinlock interlock release hook which
checks for pending IPIs and processes them.
Idea from Bill Sommerfeld.
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