linux-kernel - [tip:sched/core] sched: Check for idle task in might

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Date:	Fri, 21 Feb 2014 13:31:39 -0800
From:	tip-bot for Thomas Gleixner <tipbot@...or.com>
To:	linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, mingo@...hat.com, hpa@...or.com,
	mingo@...nel.org, peterz@...radead.org, bigeasy@...utronix.de,
	tglx@...utronix.de
Subject: [tip:sched/core] sched: Check for idle task in might_sleep()

Commit-ID:  a2885f6bf67671c83f9162a271bc8898d5062842
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/a2885f6bf67671c83f9162a271bc8898d5062842
Author:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
AuthorDate: Fri, 7 Feb 2014 20:58:38 +0100
Committer:  Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
CommitDate: Fri, 21 Feb 2014 21:43:18 +0100

sched: Check for idle task in might_sleep()

Idle is not allowed to call sleeping functions ever!

Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1391803122-4425-3-git-send-email-bigeasy@linutronix.de
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
---
 kernel/sched/core.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index 86e0558..37d35e8 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -6935,7 +6935,8 @@ void __might_sleep(const char *file, int line, int preempt_offset)
 	static unsigned long prev_jiffy;	/* ratelimiting */
 
 	rcu_sleep_check(); /* WARN_ON_ONCE() by default, no rate limit reqd. */
-	if ((preempt_count_equals(preempt_offset) && !irqs_disabled()) ||
+	if ((preempt_count_equals(preempt_offset) && !irqs_disabled() &&
+	     !is_idle_task(current)) ||
 	    system_state != SYSTEM_RUNNING || oops_in_progress)
 		return;
 	if (time_before(jiffies, prev_jiffy + HZ) && prev_jiffy)
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