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-rw-r--r--kernel/workqueue.c8
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/workqueue.c b/kernel/workqueue.c
index 04ef830690ec..e3378e8d3a5c 100644
--- a/kernel/workqueue.c
+++ b/kernel/workqueue.c
@@ -1291,8 +1291,14 @@ __acquires(&gcwq->lock)
return true;
spin_unlock_irq(&gcwq->lock);
- /* CPU has come up inbetween, retry migration */
+ /*
+ * We've raced with CPU hot[un]plug. Give it a breather
+ * and retry migration. cond_resched() is required here;
+ * otherwise, we might deadlock against cpu_stop trying to
+ * bring down the CPU on non-preemptive kernel.
+ */
cpu_relax();
+ cond_resched();
}
}