From: Zqiang <qiang1.zhang@xxxxxxxxx>
For the spawning of the priority-boost kthreads can fail, improbable
though this might seem. This commit therefore refrains from attemoting
to initiate RCU priority boosting when The ->boost_kthread_task pointer
is NULL.
Signed-off-by: Zqiang <qiang1.zhang@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h b/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h
index 176639c6215f..5c23aceecd62 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h
@@ -1125,7 +1125,8 @@ static void rcu_initiate_boost(struct rcu_node *rnp, unsigned long flags)
__releases(rnp->lock)
{
raw_lockdep_assert_held_rcu_node(rnp);
- if (!rcu_preempt_blocked_readers_cgp(rnp) && rnp->exp_tasks == NULL) {
+ if (!rnp->boost_kthread_task ||
+ (!rcu_preempt_blocked_readers_cgp(rnp) && !rnp->exp_tasks)) {
raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore_rcu_node(rnp, flags);
return;
}
--
2.31.1.189.g2e36527f23
