Merge branch 'sched-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip

Pull scheduler changes from Ingo Molnar:
 "The main changes in this cycle are:

   - (much) improved CONFIG_NUMA_BALANCING support from Mel Gorman, Rik
     van Riel, Peter Zijlstra et al.  Yay!

   - optimize preemption counter handling: merge the NEED_RESCHED flag
     into the preempt_count variable, by Peter Zijlstra.

   - wait.h fixes and code reorganization from Peter Zijlstra

   - cfs_bandwidth fixes from Ben Segall

   - SMP load-balancer cleanups from Peter Zijstra

   - idle balancer improvements from Jason Low

   - other fixes and cleanups"

* 'sched-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (129 commits)
  ftrace, sched: Add TRACE_FLAG_PREEMPT_RESCHED
  stop_machine: Fix race between stop_two_cpus() and stop_cpus()
  sched: Remove unnecessary iteration over sched domains to update nr_busy_cpus
  sched: Fix asymmetric scheduling for POWER7
  sched: Move completion code from core.c to completion.c
  sched: Move wait code from core.c to wait.c
  sched: Move wait.c into kernel/sched/
  sched/wait: Fix __wait_event_interruptible_lock_irq_timeout()
  sched: Avoid throttle_cfs_rq() racing with period_timer stopping
  sched: Guarantee new group-entities always have weight
  sched: Fix hrtimer_cancel()/rq->lock deadlock
  sched: Fix cfs_bandwidth misuse of hrtimer_expires_remaining
  sched: Fix race on toggling cfs_bandwidth_used
  sched: Remove extra put_online_cpus() inside sched_setaffinity()
  sched/rt: Fix task_tick_rt() comment
  sched/wait: Fix build breakage
  sched/wait: Introduce prepare_to_wait_event()
  sched/wait: Add ___wait_cond_timeout() to wait_event*_timeout() too
  sched: Remove get_online_cpus() usage
  sched: Fix race in migrate_swap_stop()
  ...

1 files changed, 14 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
index 8a2c81e86dd..4c06ddfea7c 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
@@ -916,6 +916,12 @@ static void print_other_cpu_stall(struct rcu_state *rsp)
 	force_quiescent_state(rsp);  /* Kick them all. */
 }
 
+/*
+ * This function really isn't for public consumption, but RCU is special in
+ * that context switches can allow the state machine to make progress.
+ */
+extern void resched_cpu(int cpu);
+
 static void print_cpu_stall(struct rcu_state *rsp)
 {
 	int cpu;
@@ -945,7 +951,14 @@ static void print_cpu_stall(struct rcu_state *rsp)
 				     3 * rcu_jiffies_till_stall_check() + 3;
 	raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rnp->lock, flags);
 
-	set_need_resched();  /* kick ourselves to get things going. */
+	/*
+	 * Attempt to revive the RCU machinery by forcing a context switch.
+	 *
+	 * A context switch would normally allow the RCU state machine to make
+	 * progress and it could be we're stuck in kernel space without context
+	 * switches for an entirely unreasonable amount of time.
+	 */
+	resched_cpu(smp_processor_id());
 }
 
 static void check_cpu_stall(struct rcu_state *rsp, struct rcu_data *rdp)