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Pranith Kumar 11ed7f934c rcu: Make nocb leader kthreads process pending callbacks after spawning 
The nocb callbacks generated before the nocb kthreads are spawned are
enqueued in the nocb queue for later processing. Commit fbce7497ee ("rcu:
Parallelize and economize NOCB kthread wakeups") introduced nocb leader kthreads
which checked the nocb_leader_wake flag to see if there were any such pending
callbacks. A case was reported in which newly spawned leader kthreads were not
processing the pending callbacks as this flag was not set, which led to a boot
hang.

The following commit ensures that the newly spawned nocb kthreads process the
pending callbacks by allowing the kthreads to run immediately after spawning
instead of waiting. This is done by inverting the logic of nocb_leader_wake
tests to nocb_leader_sleep which allows us to use the default initialization of
this flag to 0 to let the kthreads run.

Reported-by: Amit Shah <amit.shah@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Pranith Kumar <bobby.prani@gmail.com>
Link: http://www.spinics.net/lists/kernel/msg1802899.html
[ paulmck: Backported to v3.17-rc2. ]
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Tested-by: Amit Shah <amit.shah@redhat.com>
2014-08-28 05:59:59 -07:00
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bpf net: filter: split 'struct sk_filter' into socket and bpf parts 2014-08-02 15:03:58 -07:00
debug kdb: Use ktime_get_ts() 2014-06-12 16:18:45 +02:00
events Merge branch 'perf-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2014-08-24 16:16:55 -07:00
gcov kernel/gcov/fs.c: remove unnecessary null test before debugfs_remove 2014-08-08 15:57:24 -07:00
irq Merge branch 'irq-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2014-08-05 17:38:45 -07:00
locking arch, locking: Ciao arch_mutex_cpu_relax() 2014-07-17 12:32:47 +02:00
power Merge branches 'pm-sleep', 'pm-cpufreq' and 'pm-cpuidle' 2014-08-11 23:19:48 +02:00
printk printk: Add function to return log buffer address and size 2014-08-13 15:13:44 +10:00
rcu rcu: Make nocb leader kthreads process pending callbacks after spawning 2014-08-28 05:59:59 -07:00
sched Merge branches 'pm-sleep', 'pm-cpufreq' and 'pm-cpuidle' 2014-08-11 23:19:48 +02:00
time timekeeping: Another fix to the VSYSCALL_OLD update_vsyscall 2014-08-14 11:04:11 -06:00
trace ftrace: Use current addr when converting to nop in __ftrace_replace_code() 2014-08-22 21:04:35 -04:00
.gitignore
acct.c kernel/acct.c: fix coding style warnings and errors 2014-08-08 15:57:27 -07:00
async.c
audit_tree.c inotify: Fix reporting of cookies for inotify events 2014-02-18 11:17:17 +01:00
audit_watch.c inotify: Fix reporting of cookies for inotify events 2014-02-18 11:17:17 +01:00
audit.c CAPABILITIES: remove undefined caps from all processes 2014-07-24 21:53:47 +10:00
audit.h audit: Use struct net not pid_t to remember the network namespce to reply in 2014-03-20 10:10:53 -04:00
auditfilter.c kernel/auditfilter.c: replace count*size kmalloc by kcalloc 2014-08-06 18:01:12 -07:00
auditsc.c auditsc: audit_krule mask accesses need bounds checking 2014-06-10 08:44:40 -07:00
backtracetest.c kernel/backtracetest.c: replace no level printk by pr_info() 2014-06-04 16:54:14 -07:00
bounds.c page-cgroup: get rid of NR_PCG_FLAGS 2014-08-08 15:57:18 -07:00
capability.c CAPABILITIES: remove undefined caps from all processes 2014-07-24 21:53:47 +10:00
cgroup_freezer.c cgroup: rename cgroup_subsys->base_cftypes to ->legacy_cftypes 2014-07-15 11:05:09 -04:00
cgroup.c Merge branch 'for-3.17' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/cgroup 2014-08-04 10:11:28 -07:00
compat.c kernel/compat.c: use sizeof() instead of sizeof 2014-06-04 16:54:19 -07:00
configs.c
context_tracking.c x86/kprobes: Fix build errors and blacklist context_track_user 2014-06-14 09:07:44 +02:00
cpu_pm.c
cpu.c sched: Rework check_for_tasks() 2014-07-05 11:17:45 +02:00
cpuset.c Merge branch 'for-3.17' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/cgroup 2014-08-04 10:11:28 -07:00
crash_dump.c
cred.c
delayacct.c delayacct: Remove braindamaged type conversions 2014-07-23 10:18:06 -07:00
dma.c
elfcore.c
exec_domain.c kernel/exec_domain.c: code clean-up 2014-06-04 16:54:15 -07:00
exit.c kernel/exit.c: fix coding style warnings and errors 2014-08-08 15:57:22 -07:00
extable.c asmlinkage: Make main_extable_sort_needed visible 2014-02-13 18:13:22 -08:00
fork.c seccomp: Replace BUG(!spin_is_locked()) with assert_spin_lock 2014-08-11 13:29:12 -07:00
freezer.c libata, freezer: avoid block device removal while system is frozen 2013-12-19 13:50:32 -05:00
futex_compat.c compat: Get rid of (get|put)_compat_time(val|spec) 2014-02-02 14:09:12 -08:00
futex.c futex: Simplify futex_lock_pi_atomic() and make it more robust 2014-06-21 22:26:24 +02:00
groups.c kernel/groups.c: remove return value of set_groups 2014-04-03 16:21:05 -07:00
hung_task.c kernel/hung_task.c: convert simple_strtoul to kstrtouint 2014-06-04 16:54:15 -07:00
irq_work.c irq_work: Remove BUG_ON in irq_work_run() 2014-07-05 11:17:26 +02:00
jump_label.c
kallsyms.c kernel/kallsyms.c: fix %pB when there's no symbol at the address 2014-08-08 15:57:18 -07:00
kcmp.c
Kconfig.freezer
Kconfig.hz
Kconfig.locks locking/rwsem: Add CONFIG_RWSEM_SPIN_ON_OWNER 2014-07-16 14:57:13 +02:00
Kconfig.preempt
kexec.c kexec: verify the signature of signed PE bzImage 2014-08-08 15:57:33 -07:00
kmod.c signals: change wait_for_helper() to use kernel_sigaction() 2014-06-06 16:08:12 -07:00
kprobes.c kprobes: Skip kretprobe hit in NMI context to avoid deadlock 2014-08-08 10:38:04 +02:00
ksysfs.c kobject: Make support for uevent_helper optional. 2014-04-25 12:00:49 -07:00
kthread.c kthread_work: wake up worker only when the worker is idle 2014-07-28 14:07:52 -04:00
latencytop.c kernel/latencytop.c: convert seq_printf to seq_puts 2014-06-04 16:54:15 -07:00
Makefile bin2c: move bin2c in scripts/basic 2014-08-08 15:57:32 -07:00
module_signing.c
module-internal.h
module.c module: Clean up ro/nx after early module load failures 2014-08-16 04:47:00 +09:30
notifier.c kprobes, notifier: Use NOKPROBE_SYMBOL macro in notifier 2014-04-24 10:26:39 +02:00
nsproxy.c namespaces: Use task_lock and not rcu to protect nsproxy 2014-07-29 18:08:50 -07:00
padata.c
panic.c panic: add TAINT_SOFTLOCKUP 2014-08-08 15:57:24 -07:00
params.c Add module param type 'ullong' 2014-07-17 22:07:37 +02:00
pid_namespace.c pid_namespace: pidns_get() should check task_active_pid_ns() != NULL 2014-04-02 16:20:21 -07:00
pid.c
profile.c kernel/profile.c: use static const char instead of static char 2014-06-06 16:08:13 -07:00
ptrace.c sched: Remove proliferation of wait_on_bit() action functions 2014-07-16 15:10:39 +02:00
range.c
reboot.c kernel/reboot.c: convert simple_strtoul to kstrtoint 2014-06-04 16:54:15 -07:00
relay.c Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2014-04-12 14:49:50 -07:00
res_counter.c kernel/res_counter.c: replace simple_strtoull by kstrtoull 2014-06-04 16:54:15 -07:00
resource.c resource: provide new functions to walk through resources 2014-08-08 15:57:32 -07:00
seccomp.c seccomp: Replace BUG(!spin_is_locked()) with assert_spin_lock 2014-08-11 13:29:12 -07:00
signal.c Merge branch 'signal-cleanup' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rw/misc 2014-08-09 09:58:12 -07:00
smp.c kernel/smp.c:on_each_cpu_cond(): fix warning in fallback path 2014-08-06 18:01:22 -07:00
smpboot.c
smpboot.h
softirq.c Merge branch 'rcu/next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulmck/linux-rcu into core/rcu 2014-05-22 11:36:10 +02:00
stacktrace.c
stop_machine.c kernel/stop_machine.c: kernel-doc warning fix 2014-06-04 16:54:15 -07:00
sys_ni.c kexec: new syscall kexec_file_load() declaration 2014-08-08 15:57:32 -07:00
sys.c sched: move no_new_privs into new atomic flags 2014-07-18 12:13:38 -07:00
sysctl_binary.c ipv6: Allow accepting RA from local IP addresses. 2014-07-01 12:16:24 -07:00
sysctl.c mm, hugetlb: remove hugetlb_zero and hugetlb_infinity 2014-08-06 18:01:19 -07:00
system_certificates.S
system_keyring.c KEYS: validate certificate trust only with builtin keys 2014-07-17 09:35:17 -04:00
task_work.c
taskstats.c
test_kprobes.c kernel/test_kprobes.c: use current logging functions 2014-08-08 15:57:18 -07:00
torture.c torture: Avoid format string leak to thead name 2014-07-07 10:12:56 -07:00
tracepoint.c tracing: syscall_regfunc() should not skip kernel threads 2014-06-21 00:15:26 -04:00
tsacct.c sched: Make task->start_time nanoseconds based 2014-07-23 10:18:05 -07:00
uid16.c
up.c smp: Rename __smp_call_function_single() to smp_call_function_single_async() 2014-02-24 14:47:15 -08:00
user_namespace.c proc: constify seq_operations 2014-08-08 15:57:22 -07:00
user-return-notifier.c
user.c kernel/user.c: drop unused field 'files' from user_struct 2014-06-04 16:54:16 -07:00
utsname_sysctl.c sysctl: convert use of typedef ctl_table to struct ctl_table 2014-06-06 16:08:16 -07:00
utsname.c namespaces: Use task_lock and not rcu to protect nsproxy 2014-07-29 18:08:50 -07:00
watchdog.c panic: add TAINT_SOFTLOCKUP 2014-08-08 15:57:24 -07:00
workqueue_internal.h workqueue: rename manager_mutex to attach_mutex 2014-05-20 10:59:32 -04:00
workqueue.c Merge branch 'for-3.17' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/percpu 2014-08-04 10:09:27 -07:00