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Date:	Fri, 30 Apr 2010 10:51:35 GMT
From:	tip-bot for Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:	linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, hpa@...or.com, mingo@...hat.com,
	a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl, peterz@...radead.org,
	eparis@...isplace.org, paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com,
	tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...e.hu
Subject: [tip:core/urgent] rcu: Fix RCU lockdep splat in set_task_cpu on fork path

Commit-ID:  8b08ca52f5942c21564bbb90ccfb61053f2c26a1
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/8b08ca52f5942c21564bbb90ccfb61053f2c26a1
Author:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
AuthorDate: Wed, 21 Apr 2010 13:02:07 -0700
Committer:  Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
CommitDate: Fri, 30 Apr 2010 12:03:17 +0200

rcu: Fix RCU lockdep splat in set_task_cpu on fork path

Add an RCU read-side critical section to suppress this false
positive.

Located-by: Eric Paris <eparis@...isplace.org>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: laijs@...fujitsu.com
Cc: dipankar@...ibm.com
Cc: mathieu.desnoyers@...ymtl.ca
Cc: josh@...htriplett.org
Cc: dvhltc@...ibm.com
Cc: niv@...ibm.com
Cc: peterz@...radead.org
Cc: rostedt@...dmis.org
Cc: Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu
Cc: dhowells@...hat.com
Cc: eric.dumazet@...il.com
LKML-Reference: <1271880131-3951-1-git-send-email-paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
---
 kernel/sched.c |   10 ++++++++++
 1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/sched.c b/kernel/sched.c
index de0bd26..3c2a54f 100644
--- a/kernel/sched.c
+++ b/kernel/sched.c
@@ -323,6 +323,15 @@ static inline struct task_group *task_group(struct task_struct *p)
 /* Change a task's cfs_rq and parent entity if it moves across CPUs/groups */
 static inline void set_task_rq(struct task_struct *p, unsigned int cpu)
 {
+	/*
+	 * Strictly speaking this rcu_read_lock() is not needed since the
+	 * task_group is tied to the cgroup, which in turn can never go away
+	 * as long as there are tasks attached to it.
+	 *
+	 * However since task_group() uses task_subsys_state() which is an
+	 * rcu_dereference() user, this quiets CONFIG_PROVE_RCU.
+	 */
+	rcu_read_lock();
 #ifdef CONFIG_FAIR_GROUP_SCHED
 	p->se.cfs_rq = task_group(p)->cfs_rq[cpu];
 	p->se.parent = task_group(p)->se[cpu];
@@ -332,6 +341,7 @@ static inline void set_task_rq(struct task_struct *p, unsigned int cpu)
 	p->rt.rt_rq  = task_group(p)->rt_rq[cpu];
 	p->rt.parent = task_group(p)->rt_se[cpu];
 #endif
+	rcu_read_unlock();
 }
 
 #else
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