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-rw-r--r--kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h9
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h b/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h
index 58b1ebdc4387..c8340e929eb4 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h
@@ -307,9 +307,11 @@ void rcu_read_unlock_special(struct task_struct *t)
t->rcu_read_unlock_special.b.blocked = false;
/*
- * Remove this task from the list it blocked on. The
- * task can migrate while we acquire the lock, but at
- * most one time. So at most two passes through loop.
+ * Remove this task from the list it blocked on. The task
+ * now remains queued on the rcu_node corresponding to
+ * the CPU it first blocked on, so the first attempt to
+ * acquire the task's rcu_node's ->lock will succeed.
+ * Keep the loop and add a WARN_ON() out of sheer paranoia.
*/
for (;;) {
rnp = t->rcu_blocked_node;
@@ -317,6 +319,7 @@ void rcu_read_unlock_special(struct task_struct *t)
smp_mb__after_unlock_lock();
if (rnp == t->rcu_blocked_node)
break;
+ WARN_ON_ONCE(1);
raw_spin_unlock(&rnp->lock); /* irqs remain disabled. */
}
empty_norm = !rcu_preempt_blocked_readers_cgp(rnp);