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-rw-r--r--kernel/rcu/tree.c15
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
index 8a2c81e86dda..4c06ddfea7cd 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
@@ -916,6 +916,12 @@ static void print_other_cpu_stall(struct rcu_state *rsp)
force_quiescent_state(rsp); /* Kick them all. */
}
+/*
+ * This function really isn't for public consumption, but RCU is special in
+ * that context switches can allow the state machine to make progress.
+ */
+extern void resched_cpu(int cpu);
+
static void print_cpu_stall(struct rcu_state *rsp)
{
int cpu;
@@ -945,7 +951,14 @@ static void print_cpu_stall(struct rcu_state *rsp)
3 * rcu_jiffies_till_stall_check() + 3;
raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rnp->lock, flags);
- set_need_resched(); /* kick ourselves to get things going. */
+ /*
+ * Attempt to revive the RCU machinery by forcing a context switch.
+ *
+ * A context switch would normally allow the RCU state machine to make
+ * progress and it could be we're stuck in kernel space without context
+ * switches for an entirely unreasonable amount of time.
+ */
+ resched_cpu(smp_processor_id());
}
static void check_cpu_stall(struct rcu_state *rsp, struct rcu_data *rdp)