linux-kernel - [PATCH] rcu: Check the validity of the boost_kthread

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Message-Id: <20220324111515.1810160-1-qiang1.zhang@intel.com>
Date:   Thu, 24 Mar 2022 19:15:15 +0800
From:   Zqiang <qiang1.zhang@...el.com>
To:     paulmck@...nel.org, frederic@...nel.org, quic_neeraju@...cinc.com
Cc:     rcu@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] rcu: Check the validity of the boost_kthread_task pointer

The boost kthreads may spawn failed, although the probability of
creation failure is very low, in consideration of the robustness
of the code, add boost_kthread_task pointer detection.

Signed-off-by: Zqiang <qiang1.zhang@...el.com>
---
 kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h b/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h
index 6b9bcd45c7b2..fd642f14f31f 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h
@@ -1125,7 +1125,8 @@ static void rcu_initiate_boost(struct rcu_node *rnp, unsigned long flags)
 	__releases(rnp->lock)
 {
 	raw_lockdep_assert_held_rcu_node(rnp);
-	if (!rcu_preempt_blocked_readers_cgp(rnp) && rnp->exp_tasks == NULL) {
+	if (!rnp->boost_kthread_task ||
+			(!rcu_preempt_blocked_readers_cgp(rnp) && rnp->exp_tasks == NULL)) {
 		raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore_rcu_node(rnp, flags);
 		return;
 	}
-- 
2.25.1