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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2015-10-11 10:24:32 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2015-10-11 10:24:32 -0700
commit9a78f9c3c68c4d57f602b4100e766945d3362f4d (patch)
treed17f8e55f98819b58bd0a594afee211867d3a016 /kernel
parent7cbbab00cbbd3d36288f4d3634eb45d66d78d218 (diff)
parent95913d97914f44db2b81271c2e2ebd4d2ac2df83 (diff)
Merge branch 'sched-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
Pull scheduler fix from Thomas Gleixner: "Fix a long standing state race in finish_task_switch()" * 'sched-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: sched/core: Fix TASK_DEAD race in finish_task_switch()
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel')
-rw-r--r--kernel/sched/core.c10
-rw-r--r--kernel/sched/sched.h5
2 files changed, 8 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index 615953141951..10a8faa1b0d4 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -2517,11 +2517,11 @@ static struct rq *finish_task_switch(struct task_struct *prev)
* If a task dies, then it sets TASK_DEAD in tsk->state and calls
* schedule one last time. The schedule call will never return, and
* the scheduled task must drop that reference.
- * The test for TASK_DEAD must occur while the runqueue locks are
- * still held, otherwise prev could be scheduled on another cpu, die
- * there before we look at prev->state, and then the reference would
- * be dropped twice.
- * Manfred Spraul <manfred@colorfullife.com>
+ *
+ * We must observe prev->state before clearing prev->on_cpu (in
+ * finish_lock_switch), otherwise a concurrent wakeup can get prev
+ * running on another CPU and we could rave with its RUNNING -> DEAD
+ * transition, resulting in a double drop.
*/
prev_state = prev->state;
vtime_task_switch(prev);
diff --git a/kernel/sched/sched.h b/kernel/sched/sched.h
index 68cda117574c..6d2a119c7ad9 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/sched.h
+++ b/kernel/sched/sched.h
@@ -1078,9 +1078,10 @@ static inline void finish_lock_switch(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *prev)
* After ->on_cpu is cleared, the task can be moved to a different CPU.
* We must ensure this doesn't happen until the switch is completely
* finished.
+ *
+ * Pairs with the control dependency and rmb in try_to_wake_up().
*/
- smp_wmb();
- prev->on_cpu = 0;
+ smp_store_release(&prev->on_cpu, 0);
#endif
#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_SPINLOCK
/* this is a valid case when another task releases the spinlock */