We should exit the RCU read-side critical section before re-entering. Signed-off-by: Alan Huang <mmpgouride@xxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/RCU/rculist_nulls.rst | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/rculist_nulls.rst b/Documentation/RCU/rculist_nulls.rst index 9a734bf54..0612a6387 100644 --- a/Documentation/RCU/rculist_nulls.rst +++ b/Documentation/RCU/rculist_nulls.rst @@ -29,8 +29,10 @@ algorithms: rcu_read_lock() obj = lockless_lookup(key); if (obj) { - if (!try_get_ref(obj)) // might fail for free objects + if (!try_get_ref(obj)) { // might fail for free objects + rcu_read_unlock(); goto begin; + } /* * Because a writer could delete object, and a writer could * reuse these object before the RCU grace period, we -- 2.34.1