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| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/stop_machine.c | 10 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/stop_machine.c b/kernel/stop_machine.c index 1ff523dae6e2..e190d1ef3a23 100644 --- a/kernel/stop_machine.c +++ b/kernel/stop_machine.c @@ -260,6 +260,15 @@ retry: err = 0; __cpu_stop_queue_work(stopper1, work1, &wakeq); __cpu_stop_queue_work(stopper2, work2, &wakeq); + /* + * The waking up of stopper threads has to happen + * in the same scheduling context as the queueing. + * Otherwise, there is a possibility of one of the + * above stoppers being woken up by another CPU, + * and preempting us. This will cause us to n ot + * wake up the other stopper forever. + */ + preempt_disable(); unlock: raw_spin_unlock(&stopper2->lock); raw_spin_unlock_irq(&stopper1->lock); @@ -271,7 +280,6 @@ unlock: } if (!err) { - preempt_disable(); wake_up_q(&wakeq); preempt_enable(); } |