linux-kernel - [tip:sched/core] locking/mutex: Don't assume TASK

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Date:	Tue, 28 Oct 2014 04:09:27 -0700
From:	tip-bot for Peter Zijlstra <tipbot@...or.com>
To:	linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	peterz@...radead.org, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
	mingo@...nel.org, oleg@...hat.com, hpa@...or.com,
	tglx@...utronix.de, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [tip:sched/core] locking/mutex: Don't assume TASK_RUNNING

Commit-ID:  6f942a1f264e875c5f3ad6f505d7b500a3e7fa82
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/6f942a1f264e875c5f3ad6f505d7b500a3e7fa82
Author:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
AuthorDate: Wed, 24 Sep 2014 10:18:46 +0200
Committer:  Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
CommitDate: Tue, 28 Oct 2014 10:55:08 +0100

locking/mutex: Don't assume TASK_RUNNING

We're going to make might_sleep() test for TASK_RUNNING, because
blocking without TASK_RUNNING will destroy the task state by setting
it to TASK_RUNNING.

There are a few occasions where its 'valid' to call blocking
primitives (and mutex_lock in particular) and not have TASK_RUNNING,
typically such cases are right before we set TASK_RUNNING anyhow.

Robustify the code by not assuming this; this has the beneficial side
effect of allowing optional code emission for fixing the above
might_sleep() false positives.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: tglx@...utronix.de
Cc: ilya.dryomov@...tank.com
Cc: umgwanakikbuti@...il.com
Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20140924082241.988560063@infradead.org
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
---
 kernel/locking/mutex.c | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/locking/mutex.c b/kernel/locking/mutex.c
index dadbf88..4541951 100644
--- a/kernel/locking/mutex.c
+++ b/kernel/locking/mutex.c
@@ -378,8 +378,14 @@ done:
 	 * reschedule now, before we try-lock the mutex. This avoids getting
 	 * scheduled out right after we obtained the mutex.
 	 */
-	if (need_resched())
+	if (need_resched()) {
+		/*
+		 * We _should_ have TASK_RUNNING here, but just in case
+		 * we do not, make it so, otherwise we might get stuck.
+		 */
+		__set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
 		schedule_preempt_disabled();
+	}
 
 	return false;
 }
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