From: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxx> The rcu_nmi_enter_common() function can be invoked both in interrupt and NMI handlers. If it is invoked from process context (as opposed to userspace or idle context) on a nohz_full CPU, it might acquire the CPU's leaf rcu_node structure's ->lock. Because this lock is held only with interrupts disabled, this is safe from an interrupt handler, but doing so from an NMI handler can result in self-deadlock. This commit therefore adds "irq" to the "if" condition so as to only acquire the ->lock from irq handlers or process context, never from an NMI handler. Fixes: 5b14557b073c ("rcu: Avoid tick_dep_set_cpu() misordering") Reported-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) <joel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200313024046.27622-1-paulmck@xxxxxxxxxx --- kernel/rcu/tree.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c +++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c @@ -816,7 +816,7 @@ static __always_inline void rcu_nmi_ente rcu_cleanup_after_idle(); incby = 1; - } else if (tick_nohz_full_cpu(rdp->cpu) && + } else if (irq && tick_nohz_full_cpu(rdp->cpu) && rdp->dynticks_nmi_nesting == DYNTICK_IRQ_NONIDLE && READ_ONCE(rdp->rcu_urgent_qs) && !rdp->rcu_forced_tick) { raw_spin_lock_rcu_node(rdp->mynode);