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authorGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>2012-03-09 12:35:53 -0800
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>2012-03-09 12:35:53 -0800
commit263a5c8e16c34199ddf6de3f102e789ffa3ee26e (patch)
tree4f049e339d522b2ab0ba3bed3ec217e4bbc83d35 /kernel/exit.c
parent54d20f006ceff1f2f1e69d0e54049b6c0765c039 (diff)
parent192cfd58774b4d17b2fe8bdc77d89c2ef4e0591d (diff)
Merge 3.3-rc6 into driver-core-next
This was done to resolve a conflict in the drivers/base/cpu.c file. Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/exit.c')
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1 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/exit.c b/kernel/exit.c
index 294b1709170..4b4042f9bc6 100644
--- a/kernel/exit.c
+++ b/kernel/exit.c
@@ -1038,6 +1038,22 @@ void do_exit(long code)
if (tsk->nr_dirtied)
__this_cpu_add(dirty_throttle_leaks, tsk->nr_dirtied);
exit_rcu();
+
+ /*
+ * The setting of TASK_RUNNING by try_to_wake_up() may be delayed
+ * when the following two conditions become true.
+ * - There is race condition of mmap_sem (It is acquired by
+ * exit_mm()), and
+ * - SMI occurs before setting TASK_RUNINNG.
+ * (or hypervisor of virtual machine switches to other guest)
+ * As a result, we may become TASK_RUNNING after becoming TASK_DEAD
+ *
+ * To avoid it, we have to wait for releasing tsk->pi_lock which
+ * is held by try_to_wake_up()
+ */
+ smp_mb();
+ raw_spin_unlock_wait(&tsk->pi_lock);
+
/* causes final put_task_struct in finish_task_switch(). */
tsk->state = TASK_DEAD;
tsk->flags |= PF_NOFREEZE; /* tell freezer to ignore us */