The rcu_idle_endter may call wakeup_softirqd to set the need resched flag on idle process. But if we don't check it after that, then the cpu will enter idle state with RESCHED flag set and can not be woken up by wakeup/resched call anymore. Check need_resched after rcu_idle_enter to make sure the cpu is able to be out of idle immediatley to run other tasks. Signed-off-by: Lianwei Wang <lianwei.wang@xxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/sched/idle.c | 16 ++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/sched/idle.c b/kernel/sched/idle.c index 4a2ef5a02fd3..6e96a1f41041 100644 --- a/kernel/sched/idle.c +++ b/kernel/sched/idle.c @@ -137,21 +137,21 @@ static void cpuidle_idle_call(void) int next_state, entered_state; /* + * Tell the RCU framework we are entering an idle section, + * so no more rcu read side critical sections and one more + * step to the grace period + */ + rcu_idle_enter(); + + /* * Check if the idle task must be rescheduled. If it is the * case, exit the function after re-enabling the local irq. */ if (need_resched()) { local_irq_enable(); - return; + goto exit_idle; } - /* - * Tell the RCU framework we are entering an idle section, - * so no more rcu read side critical sections and one more - * step to the grace period - */ - rcu_idle_enter(); - if (cpuidle_not_available(drv, dev)) { default_idle_call(); goto exit_idle;