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rcu: Protect rcu_check_gp_kthread_starvation() access to ->gp_flags

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The rcu_check_gp_kthread_starvation() function can be invoked without
holding locks, so the access to the rcu_state structure's ->gp_flags
field must be protected with READ_ONCE().  This commit therefore adds
this protection.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.ibm.com>
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Paul E. McKenney 2018-12-12 07:20:07 -08:00
parent fd897573fa
commit 3b6505fd8e
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@ -1192,7 +1192,7 @@ static void rcu_check_gp_kthread_starvation(void)
pr_err("%s kthread starved for %ld jiffies! g%ld f%#x %s(%d) ->state=%#lx ->cpu=%d\n",
rcu_state.name, j,
(long)rcu_seq_current(&rcu_state.gp_seq),
rcu_state.gp_flags,
READ_ONCE(rcu_state.gp_flags),
gp_state_getname(rcu_state.gp_state), rcu_state.gp_state,
gpk ? gpk->state : ~0, gpk ? task_cpu(gpk) : -1);
if (gpk) {