Re: [PATCH 17/15] rcuwait: Inform rcuwait_wake_up() users if a wakeup was attempted

[Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Mar 20, 2020 at 01:55:25AM -0700, Davidlohr Bueso wrote:

> diff --git a/kernel/exit.c b/kernel/exit.c
> index 6cc6cc485d07..b0bb0a8ec4b1 100644
> --- a/kernel/exit.c
> +++ b/kernel/exit.c
> @@ -234,9 +234,10 @@ void release_task(struct task_struct *p)
>  		goto repeat;
>  }
>  
> -void rcuwait_wake_up(struct rcuwait *w)
> +bool rcuwait_wake_up(struct rcuwait *w)
>  {
>  	struct task_struct *task;
> +	bool ret = false;
>  
>  	rcu_read_lock();
>  
> @@ -254,10 +255,15 @@ void rcuwait_wake_up(struct rcuwait *w)
>  	smp_mb(); /* (B) */
>  
>  	task = rcu_dereference(w->task);
> -	if (task)
> +	if (task) {
>  		wake_up_process(task);
> +	        ret = true;

		ret = wake_up_process(task); ?

> +	}
>  	rcu_read_unlock();
> +
> +	return ret;
>  }
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rcuwait_wake_up);