From 131906b0062ddde7f85bbe67754983c754648bd8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Paul E. McKenney" Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2011 02:05:49 -0700 Subject: rcu: decrease rcu_report_exp_rnp coupling with scheduler PREEMPT_RCU read-side critical sections blocking an expedited grace period invoke rcu_report_exp_rnp(). When the last such critical section has completed, rcu_report_exp_rnp() invokes the scheduler to wake up the task that invoked synchronize_rcu_expedited() -- needlessly holding the root rcu_node structure's lock while doing so, thus needlessly providing a way for RCU and the scheduler to deadlock. This commit therefore releases the root rcu_node structure's lock before calling wake_up(). Reported-by: Ed Tomlinson Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney --- kernel/rcutree_plugin.h | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/rcutree_plugin.h b/kernel/rcutree_plugin.h index 75113cb7c4fb..6abef3cfcbc1 100644 --- a/kernel/rcutree_plugin.h +++ b/kernel/rcutree_plugin.h @@ -695,9 +695,12 @@ static void rcu_report_exp_rnp(struct rcu_state *rsp, struct rcu_node *rnp) raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&rnp->lock, flags); for (;;) { - if (!sync_rcu_preempt_exp_done(rnp)) + if (!sync_rcu_preempt_exp_done(rnp)) { + raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rnp->lock, flags); break; + } if (rnp->parent == NULL) { + raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rnp->lock, flags); wake_up(&sync_rcu_preempt_exp_wq); break; } @@ -707,7 +710,6 @@ static void rcu_report_exp_rnp(struct rcu_state *rsp, struct rcu_node *rnp) raw_spin_lock(&rnp->lock); /* irqs already disabled */ rnp->expmask &= ~mask; } - raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rnp->lock, flags); } /* -- cgit v1.2.3-59-g8ed1b