On Wed, Jun 02, 2021 at 03:12:26PM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote: > Remove broken task->state references and let wake_up_process() DTRT. > > The anti-pattern in these patches breaks the ordering of ->state vs > COND as described in the comment near set_current_state() and can lead > to missed wakeups: > > (OoO load, observes RUNNING)<-. > for (;;) { | > t->state = UNINTERRUPTIBLE; | > smp_mb(); ,-----> ,' (OoO load, observed !COND) > | | > | | COND = 1; > | `- if (t->state != RUNNING) > | wake_up_process(t); // not done > if (COND) ---------' > break; > schedule(); // forever waiting > } > t->state = TASK_RUNNING; > > Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/qca_spi.c | 6 ++---- > drivers/usb/gadget/udc/max3420_udc.c | 15 +++++---------- > drivers/usb/host/max3421-hcd.c | 3 +-- > kernel/softirq.c | 2 +- > 4 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-) For USB stuff: Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>