From e11f13355b09df970495c45ed0eac1dc85dcf5c1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Peter Zijlstra Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2015 08:22:05 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] rcu: Move wakeup out from under rnp->lock This patch removes a potential deadlock hazard by moving the wake_up_process() in rcu_spawn_gp_kthread() out from under rnp->lock. Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney --- kernel/rcu/tree.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c index 40940b0d0310..87b604d0b0d2 100644 --- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c +++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c @@ -4319,8 +4319,8 @@ static int __init rcu_spawn_gp_kthread(void) sp.sched_priority = kthread_prio; sched_setscheduler_nocheck(t, SCHED_FIFO, &sp); } - wake_up_process(t); raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rnp->lock, flags); + wake_up_process(t); } rcu_spawn_nocb_kthreads(); rcu_spawn_boost_kthreads(); -- 2.20.1