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author | J. Bruce Fields <bfields@redhat.com> | 2012-03-21 16:42:14 -0400 |
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committer | J. Bruce Fields <bfields@redhat.com> | 2012-03-26 11:48:54 -0400 |
commit | 1df00640c9111c881633d9b219f18e66c52599ec (patch) | |
tree | e36d3924d84f47ec93f6650ff1fd5b8ea7d10d24 /kernel/exit.c | |
parent | ab4684d1560f8d77f6ce82bd3f1f82937070d397 (diff) | |
parent | 5a7c9eec9fde1da0e3adf0a4ddb64ff2a324a492 (diff) |
Merge nfs containerization work from Trond's tree
The nfs containerization work is a prerequisite for Jeff Layton's reboot
recovery rework.
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/exit.c')
-rw-r--r-- | kernel/exit.c | 16 |
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/exit.c b/kernel/exit.c index 294b1709170d..4b4042f9bc6a 100644 --- a/kernel/exit.c +++ b/kernel/exit.c @@ -1038,6 +1038,22 @@ void do_exit(long code) if (tsk->nr_dirtied) __this_cpu_add(dirty_throttle_leaks, tsk->nr_dirtied); exit_rcu(); + + /* + * The setting of TASK_RUNNING by try_to_wake_up() may be delayed + * when the following two conditions become true. + * - There is race condition of mmap_sem (It is acquired by + * exit_mm()), and + * - SMI occurs before setting TASK_RUNINNG. + * (or hypervisor of virtual machine switches to other guest) + * As a result, we may become TASK_RUNNING after becoming TASK_DEAD + * + * To avoid it, we have to wait for releasing tsk->pi_lock which + * is held by try_to_wake_up() + */ + smp_mb(); + raw_spin_unlock_wait(&tsk->pi_lock); + /* causes final put_task_struct in finish_task_switch(). */ tsk->state = TASK_DEAD; tsk->flags |= PF_NOFREEZE; /* tell freezer to ignore us */ |