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| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/lockdep.c | 22 |
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diff --git a/kernel/lockdep.c b/kernel/lockdep.c index b2e08c932d91..f45c6817770e 100644 --- a/kernel/lockdep.c +++ b/kernel/lockdep.c @@ -4170,6 +4170,28 @@ void lockdep_rcu_suspicious(const char *file, const int line, const char *s) printk("%s:%d %s!\n", file, line, s); printk("\nother info that might help us debug this:\n\n"); printk("\nrcu_scheduler_active = %d, debug_locks = %d\n", rcu_scheduler_active, debug_locks); + + /* + * If a CPU is in the RCU-free window in idle (ie: in the section + * between rcu_idle_enter() and rcu_idle_exit(), then RCU + * considers that CPU to be in an "extended quiescent state", + * which means that RCU will be completely ignoring that CPU. + * Therefore, rcu_read_lock() and friends have absolutely no + * effect on a CPU running in that state. In other words, even if + * such an RCU-idle CPU has called rcu_read_lock(), RCU might well + * delete data structures out from under it. RCU really has no + * choice here: we need to keep an RCU-free window in idle where + * the CPU may possibly enter into low power mode. This way we can + * notice an extended quiescent state to other CPUs that started a grace + * period. Otherwise we would delay any grace period as long as we run + * in the idle task. + * + * So complain bitterly if someone does call rcu_read_lock(), + * rcu_read_lock_bh() and so on from extended quiescent states. + */ + if (rcu_is_cpu_idle()) + printk("RCU used illegally from extended quiescent state!\n"); + lockdep_print_held_locks(curr); printk("\nstack backtrace:\n"); dump_stack(); |