From: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior takedown_cpu() is a cpu hotplug function invoking stop_machine(). The cpu hotplug machinery holds the hotplug lock for write. stop_machine() invokes get_online_cpus() as well. This is correct, but prevents the conversion of the hotplug locking to a percpu rwsem. Use stop_machine_cpuslocked() to avoid the nested call. Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner --- kernel/cpu.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/kernel/cpu.c +++ b/kernel/cpu.c @@ -701,7 +701,7 @@ static int takedown_cpu(unsigned int cpu /* * So now all preempt/rcu users must observe !cpu_active(). */ - err = stop_machine(take_cpu_down, NULL, cpumask_of(cpu)); + err = stop_machine_cpuslocked(take_cpu_down, NULL, cpumask_of(cpu)); if (err) { /* CPU refused to die */ irq_unlock_sparse();