4.14-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> commit 7c2102e56a3f7d85b5d8f33efbd7aecc1f36fdd8 upstream. The current implementation of synchronize_sched_expedited() incorrectly assumes that resched_cpu() is unconditional, which it is not. This means that synchronize_sched_expedited() can hang when resched_cpu()'s trylock fails as follows (analysis by Neeraj Upadhyay): o CPU1 is waiting for expedited wait to complete: sync_rcu_exp_select_cpus rdp->exp_dynticks_snap & 0x1 // returns 1 for CPU5 IPI sent to CPU5 synchronize_sched_expedited_wait ret = swait_event_timeout(rsp->expedited_wq, sync_rcu_preempt_exp_done(rnp_root), jiffies_stall); expmask = 0x20, CPU 5 in idle path (in cpuidle_enter()) o CPU5 handles IPI and fails to acquire rq lock. Handles IPI sync_sched_exp_handler resched_cpu returns while failing to try lock acquire rq->lock need_resched is not set o CPU5 calls rcu_idle_enter() and as need_resched is not set, goes to idle (schedule() is not called). o CPU 1 reports RCU stall. Given that resched_cpu() is now used only by RCU, this commit fixes the assumption by making resched_cpu() unconditional. Reported-by: Neeraj Upadhyay <neeraju@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Suggested-by: Neeraj Upadhyay <neeraju@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/sched/core.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) --- a/kernel/sched/core.c +++ b/kernel/sched/core.c @@ -505,8 +505,7 @@ void resched_cpu(int cpu) struct rq *rq = cpu_rq(cpu); unsigned long flags; - if (!raw_spin_trylock_irqsave(&rq->lock, flags)) - return; + raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&rq->lock, flags); resched_curr(rq); raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rq->lock, flags); }