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;
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)