From bfa00b4c4028f39357d16279ff0fddf550241593 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Paul E. McKenney" Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2012 09:54:10 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] rcu: Prevent offline CPUs from executing RCU core code Earlier versions of RCU invoked the RCU core from the CPU_DYING notifier in order to note a quiescent state for the outgoing CPU. Because the CPU is marked "offline" during the execution of the CPU_DYING notifiers, the RCU core had to tolerate being invoked from an offline CPU. However, commit b1420f1c (Make rcu_barrier() less disruptive) left only tracing code in the CPU_DYING notifier, so the RCU core need no longer execute on offline CPUs. This commit therefore enforces this restriction. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney Reviewed-by: Josh Triplett --- kernel/rcutree.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/kernel/rcutree.c b/kernel/rcutree.c index f0c0c1b4b6d..340a5f54b6a 100644 --- a/kernel/rcutree.c +++ b/kernel/rcutree.c @@ -1892,6 +1892,8 @@ static void rcu_process_callbacks(struct softirq_action *unused) { struct rcu_state *rsp; + if (cpu_is_offline(smp_processor_id())) + return; trace_rcu_utilization("Start RCU core"); for_each_rcu_flavor(rsp) __rcu_process_callbacks(rsp);