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-rw-r--r--include/linux/sched/task.h28
-rw-r--r--kernel/fork.c8
2 files changed, 35 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/sched/task.h b/include/linux/sched/task.h
index dd35ce28bb90..6b687c155fb6 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched/task.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched/task.h
@@ -118,10 +118,36 @@ static inline struct task_struct *get_task_struct(struct task_struct *t)
}
extern void __put_task_struct(struct task_struct *t);
+extern void __put_task_struct_rcu_cb(struct rcu_head *rhp);
static inline void put_task_struct(struct task_struct *t)
{
- if (refcount_dec_and_test(&t->usage))
+ if (!refcount_dec_and_test(&t->usage))
+ return;
+
+ /*
+ * under PREEMPT_RT, we can't call put_task_struct
+ * in atomic context because it will indirectly
+ * acquire sleeping locks.
+ *
+ * call_rcu() will schedule delayed_put_task_struct_rcu()
+ * to be called in process context.
+ *
+ * __put_task_struct() is called when
+ * refcount_dec_and_test(&t->usage) succeeds.
+ *
+ * This means that it can't "conflict" with
+ * put_task_struct_rcu_user() which abuses ->rcu the same
+ * way; rcu_users has a reference so task->usage can't be
+ * zero after rcu_users 1 -> 0 transition.
+ *
+ * delayed_free_task() also uses ->rcu, but it is only called
+ * when it fails to fork a process. Therefore, there is no
+ * way it can conflict with put_task_struct().
+ */
+ if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT) && !preemptible())
+ call_rcu(&t->rcu, __put_task_struct_rcu_cb);
+ else
__put_task_struct(t);
}
diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index d2e12b6d2b18..f81149739eb9 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -985,6 +985,14 @@ void __put_task_struct(struct task_struct *tsk)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__put_task_struct);
+void __put_task_struct_rcu_cb(struct rcu_head *rhp)
+{
+ struct task_struct *task = container_of(rhp, struct task_struct, rcu);
+
+ __put_task_struct(task);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__put_task_struct_rcu_cb);
+
void __init __weak arch_task_cache_init(void) { }
/*