[tip:core/rcu] rcutorture: Fix rcu_torture_cbflood() for callback-free RCU

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Commit-ID:  3a0af333415830d2a0ca77de832336af5aadced4
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/3a0af333415830d2a0ca77de832336af5aadced4
Author:     Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Mon, 22 Jun 2015 18:11:31 -0700
Committer:  Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Wed, 15 Jul 2015 14:47:17 -0700

rcutorture: Fix rcu_torture_cbflood() for callback-free RCU

The rcu_torture_cbflood() function correctly checks for flavors of
RCU that lack analogs to call_rcu() and rcu_barrier(), but in that
case it fails to terminate correctly.  In fact, it terminates so
incorrectly that segfaults can result.  This commit therefore causes
rcu_torture_cbflood() to do the proper wait-for-stop procedure.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c | 5 ++---
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c b/kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c
index 1cead78..e0eda3c 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c
@@ -823,9 +823,7 @@ rcu_torture_cbflood(void *arg)
 	}
 	if (err) {
 		VERBOSE_TOROUT_STRING("rcu_torture_cbflood disabled: Bad args or OOM");
-		while (!torture_must_stop())
-			schedule_timeout_interruptible(HZ);
-		return 0;
+		goto wait_for_stop;
 	}
 	VERBOSE_TOROUT_STRING("rcu_torture_cbflood task started");
 	do {
@@ -844,6 +842,7 @@ rcu_torture_cbflood(void *arg)
 		stutter_wait("rcu_torture_cbflood");
 	} while (!torture_must_stop());
 	vfree(rhp);
+wait_for_stop:
 	torture_kthread_stopping("rcu_torture_cbflood");
 	return 0;
 }
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