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Subject[PATCH] softlockup: convert read_lock in hung_task to rcu_read_lock
Ingo Molnar (mingo@elte.hu) wrote:
>
> I've applied your patch to tip:core/softlockup, thanks Mandeep!
>

Oops, I put the conversion to rcu_read_lock in a seperate patch. I
understand now the convention is to use a patch series only when the
patches can be applied independently.

---
Since the tasklist is protected by rcu list operations, it is safe
to convert the read_lock()s to rcu_read_lock().

Suggested-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Signed-off-by: Mandeep Singh Baines <msb@google.com>
---
kernel/hung_task.c | 4 ++--
1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/hung_task.c b/kernel/hung_task.c
index d32d293..34b678c 100644
--- a/kernel/hung_task.c
+++ b/kernel/hung_task.c
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ static void check_hung_uninterruptible_tasks(unsigned long timeout)
if (test_taint(TAINT_DIE) || did_panic)
return;

- read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
+ rcu_read_lock();
do_each_thread(g, t) {
if (!--max_count)
goto unlock;
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ static void check_hung_uninterruptible_tasks(unsigned long timeout)
check_hung_task(t, now, timeout);
} while_each_thread(g, t);
unlock:
- read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
+ rcu_read_unlock();
}

static void update_poll_jiffies(void)
--
1.5.4.5


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