The rcu_request_urgent_qs_task() function does a cross-CPU store to ->rcu_urgent_qs, so this commit therefore marks the load in __rcu_irq_enter_check_tick() with READ_ONCE(). Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/rcu/tree.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c index fae9b4e29c93..aec07f2ec638 100644 --- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c +++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c @@ -632,7 +632,7 @@ void __rcu_irq_enter_check_tick(void) // prevents self-deadlock. So we can safely recheck under the lock. // Note that the nohz_full state currently cannot change. raw_spin_lock_rcu_node(rdp->mynode); - if (rdp->rcu_urgent_qs && !rdp->rcu_forced_tick) { + if (READ_ONCE(rdp->rcu_urgent_qs) && !rdp->rcu_forced_tick) { // A nohz_full CPU is in the kernel and RCU needs a // quiescent state. Turn on the tick! WRITE_ONCE(rdp->rcu_forced_tick, true); -- 2.40.1