Merge branch 'for_3.3/fixes/pm' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/khilman/linux-omap-pm into fixes

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 */