diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel')
-rw-r--r-- | kernel/exit.c | 16 |
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/exit.c b/kernel/exit.c index 303bed2966b..97dd3175722 100644 --- a/kernel/exit.c +++ b/kernel/exit.c @@ -1049,6 +1049,22 @@ NORET_TYPE void do_exit(long code) preempt_disable(); 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; schedule(); |