linux-kernel - [PATCH tip/core/rcu 2/6] rcu: Awaken grace-period kthread when stalled

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Date:	Tue, 12 Apr 2016 08:02:18 -0700
From:	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	mingo@...nel.org, jiangshanlai@...il.com, dipankar@...ibm.com,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com,
	josh@...htriplett.org, tglx@...utronix.de, peterz@...radead.org,
	rostedt@...dmis.org, dhowells@...hat.com, edumazet@...gle.com,
	dvhart@...ux.intel.com, fweisbec@...il.com, oleg@...hat.com,
	bobby.prani@...il.com,
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 2/6] rcu: Awaken grace-period kthread when stalled

Recent kernels can fail to awaken the grace-period kthread for
quiescent-state forcing.  This commit is a crude hack that does
a wakeup any time a stall is detected.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
 kernel/rcu/tree.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
index 531a328076bd..a327a253c178 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
@@ -1224,8 +1224,10 @@ static void rcu_check_gp_kthread_starvation(struct rcu_state *rsp)
 		       rsp->gp_flags,
 		       gp_state_getname(rsp->gp_state), rsp->gp_state,
 		       rsp->gp_kthread ? rsp->gp_kthread->state : ~0);
-		if (rsp->gp_kthread)
+		if (rsp->gp_kthread) {
 			sched_show_task(rsp->gp_kthread);
+			wake_up_process(rsp->gp_kthread);
+		}
 	}
 }
 
-- 
2.5.2