rcu_cpu_starting() must be called before clockevents_register_device() to avoid the following lockdep splat triggered by calling list_add() when CONFIG_PROVE_RCU_LIST=y: WARNING: suspicious RCU usage ... ----------------------------- kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3680 RCU-list traversed in non-reader section!! other info that might help us debug this: RCU used illegally from offline CPU! rcu_scheduler_active = 1, debug_locks = 1 no locks held by swapper/1/0. ... Call Trace: [<ffffffff8012a434>] show_stack+0x64/0x158 [<ffffffff80a93d98>] dump_stack_lvl+0x90/0xc4 [<ffffffff801c9e9c>] __lock_acquire+0x1404/0x2940 [<ffffffff801cbf3c>] lock_acquire+0x14c/0x448 [<ffffffff80aa4260>] _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x50/0x88 [<ffffffff8021e0c8>] clockevents_register_device+0x60/0x1e8 [<ffffffff80130ff0>] r4k_clockevent_init+0x220/0x3a0 [<ffffffff801339d0>] start_secondary+0x50/0x3b8 raw_smp_processor_id() is required in order to avoid calling into lockdep before RCU has declared the CPU to be watched for readers. See also commit 29368e093921 ("x86/smpboot: Move rcu_cpu_starting() earlier"), commit de5d9dae150c ("s390/smp: move rcu_cpu_starting() earlier") and commit 99f070b62322 ("powerpc/smp: Call rcu_cpu_starting() earlier"). Signed-off-by: Stefan Wiehler <stefan.wiehler@xxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Huacai Chen <chenhuacai@xxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Thomas Bogendoerfer <tsbogend@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/mips/kernel/smp.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/smp.c b/arch/mips/kernel/smp.c index 8fbef537fb88..81f6c4f8fbc1 100644 --- a/arch/mips/kernel/smp.c +++ b/arch/mips/kernel/smp.c @@ -351,10 +351,11 @@ early_initcall(mips_smp_ipi_init); */ asmlinkage void start_secondary(void) { - unsigned int cpu; + unsigned int cpu = raw_smp_processor_id(); cpu_probe(); per_cpu_trap_init(false); + rcu_cpu_starting(cpu); mips_clockevent_init(); mp_ops->init_secondary(); cpu_report(); @@ -366,7 +367,6 @@ asmlinkage void start_secondary(void) */ calibrate_delay(); - cpu = smp_processor_id(); cpu_data[cpu].udelay_val = loops_per_jiffy; set_cpu_sibling_map(cpu); -- 2.42.0