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-rw-r--r--kernel/lockdep.c22
1 files changed, 22 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/lockdep.c b/kernel/lockdep.c
index b2e08c932d91..f45c6817770e 100644
--- a/kernel/lockdep.c
+++ b/kernel/lockdep.c
@@ -4170,6 +4170,28 @@ void lockdep_rcu_suspicious(const char *file, const int line, const char *s)
printk("%s:%d %s!\n", file, line, s);
printk("\nother info that might help us debug this:\n\n");
printk("\nrcu_scheduler_active = %d, debug_locks = %d\n", rcu_scheduler_active, debug_locks);
+
+ /*
+ * If a CPU is in the RCU-free window in idle (ie: in the section
+ * between rcu_idle_enter() and rcu_idle_exit(), then RCU
+ * considers that CPU to be in an "extended quiescent state",
+ * which means that RCU will be completely ignoring that CPU.
+ * Therefore, rcu_read_lock() and friends have absolutely no
+ * effect on a CPU running in that state. In other words, even if
+ * such an RCU-idle CPU has called rcu_read_lock(), RCU might well
+ * delete data structures out from under it. RCU really has no
+ * choice here: we need to keep an RCU-free window in idle where
+ * the CPU may possibly enter into low power mode. This way we can
+ * notice an extended quiescent state to other CPUs that started a grace
+ * period. Otherwise we would delay any grace period as long as we run
+ * in the idle task.
+ *
+ * So complain bitterly if someone does call rcu_read_lock(),
+ * rcu_read_lock_bh() and so on from extended quiescent states.
+ */
+ if (rcu_is_cpu_idle())
+ printk("RCU used illegally from extended quiescent state!\n");
+
lockdep_print_held_locks(curr);
printk("\nstack backtrace:\n");
dump_stack();