From: Paul E. McKenney Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2014 18:11:08 +0000 (-0700) Subject: rcu: Fix for rcuo online-time-creation reorganization bug X-Git-Url: https://git.karo-electronics.de/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=bbe5d7a93a39104be146f71b9b99af8fb65a6a2d;p=linux-beck.git rcu: Fix for rcuo online-time-creation reorganization bug Commit 35ce7f29a44a (rcu: Create rcuo kthreads only for onlined CPUs) contains checks for the case where CPUs are brought online out of order, re-wiring the rcuo leader-follower relationships as needed. Unfortunately, this rewiring was broken. This apparently went undetected due to the tendency of systems to bring CPUs online in order. This commit nevertheless fixes the rewiring. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney --- diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h b/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h index 6d07fb402e84..5053dae4454e 100644 --- a/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h +++ b/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h @@ -2586,9 +2586,13 @@ static void rcu_spawn_one_nocb_kthread(struct rcu_state *rsp, int cpu) rdp->nocb_leader = rdp_spawn; if (rdp_last && rdp != rdp_spawn) rdp_last->nocb_next_follower = rdp; - rdp_last = rdp; - rdp = rdp->nocb_next_follower; - rdp_last->nocb_next_follower = NULL; + if (rdp == rdp_spawn) { + rdp = rdp->nocb_next_follower; + } else { + rdp_last = rdp; + rdp = rdp->nocb_next_follower; + rdp_last->nocb_next_follower = NULL; + } } while (rdp); rdp_spawn->nocb_next_follower = rdp_old_leader; }