linux-kernel - [tip: sched/core] sched,livepatch: Use wake_up_if

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Message-ID: <163377405832.25758.6730763114934839783.tip-bot2@tip-bot2>
Date:   Sat, 09 Oct 2021 10:07:38 -0000
From:   "tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra" <tip-bot2@...utronix.de>
To:     linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     "Peter Zijlstra (Intel)" <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>,
        Miroslav Benes <mbenes@...e.cz>,
        Vasily Gorbik <gor@...ux.ibm.com>, x86@...nel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [tip: sched/core] sched,livepatch: Use wake_up_if_idle()

The following commit has been merged into the sched/core branch of tip:

Commit-ID:     2aa45be430a031c10d5f4a5bf3329ff8413a9187
Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/2aa45be430a031c10d5f4a5bf3329ff8413a9187
Author:        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
AuthorDate:    Tue, 21 Sep 2021 22:16:02 +02:00
Committer:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
CommitterDate: Thu, 07 Oct 2021 13:51:16 +02:00

sched,livepatch: Use wake_up_if_idle()

Make sure to prod idle CPUs so they call klp_update_patch_state().

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@...radead.org>
Reviewed-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>
Acked-by: Miroslav Benes <mbenes@...e.cz>
Acked-by: Vasily Gorbik <gor@...ux.ibm.com>
Tested-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>
Tested-by: Vasily Gorbik <gor@...ux.ibm.com> # on s390
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210929151723.162004989@infradead.org
---
 kernel/livepatch/transition.c | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/livepatch/transition.c b/kernel/livepatch/transition.c
index 75251e9..5683ac0 100644
--- a/kernel/livepatch/transition.c
+++ b/kernel/livepatch/transition.c
@@ -413,8 +413,11 @@ void klp_try_complete_transition(void)
 	for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) {
 		task = idle_task(cpu);
 		if (cpu_online(cpu)) {
-			if (!klp_try_switch_task(task))
+			if (!klp_try_switch_task(task)) {
 				complete = false;
+				/* Make idle task go through the main loop. */
+				wake_up_if_idle(cpu);
+			}
 		} else if (task->patch_state != klp_target_state) {
 			/* offline idle tasks can be switched immediately */
 			clear_tsk_thread_flag(task, TIF_PATCH_PENDING);