Commit-ID: 693525e3bea25cf2ee6cf2b862ba7c148e891df2 Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/693525e3bea25cf2ee6cf2b862ba7c148e891df2 Author: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@xxxxxxxxx> AuthorDate: Tue, 21 Jul 2009 13:56:38 +0200 Committer: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx> CommitDate: Sun, 2 Aug 2009 14:26:15 +0200 sched: Ensure the migration task doesn't go away during use Like sched_migrate_task(), set_cpus_allowed_ptr() should hold onto the migration thread too. Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx> --- kernel/sched.c | 4 ++++ 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/sched.c b/kernel/sched.c index 475138c..7f83be3 100644 --- a/kernel/sched.c +++ b/kernel/sched.c @@ -7078,8 +7078,12 @@ int set_cpus_allowed_ptr(struct task_struct *p, const struct cpumask *new_mask) if (migrate_task(p, cpumask_any_and(cpu_online_mask, new_mask), &req)) { /* Need help from migration thread: drop lock and wait. */ + struct task_struct *mt = rq->migration_thread; + + get_task_struct(mt); task_rq_unlock(rq, &flags); wake_up_process(rq->migration_thread); + put_task_struct(mt); wait_for_completion(&req.done); tlb_migrate_finish(p->mm); return 0; -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-tip-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html