1 files changed, 26 insertions, 12 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/softirq.c b/kernel/softirq.c
index 14d7758074aa..3d6833f125d3 100644
--- a/kernel/softirq.c
+++ b/kernel/softirq.c
@@ -195,8 +195,12 @@ void local_bh_enable_ip(unsigned long ip)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(local_bh_enable_ip);
 
 /*
- * We restart softirq processing for at most 2 ms,
- * and if need_resched() is not set.
+ * We restart softirq processing for at most MAX_SOFTIRQ_RESTART times,
+ * but break the loop if need_resched() is set or after 2 ms.
+ * The MAX_SOFTIRQ_TIME provides a nice upper bound in most cases, but in
+ * certain cases, such as stop_machine(), jiffies may cease to
+ * increment and so we need the MAX_SOFTIRQ_RESTART limit as
+ * well to make sure we eventually return from this method.
  *
  * These limits have been established via experimentation.
  * The two things to balance is latency against fairness -
@@ -204,6 +208,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(local_bh_enable_ip);
  * should not be able to lock up the box.
  */
 #define MAX_SOFTIRQ_TIME  msecs_to_jiffies(2)
+#define MAX_SOFTIRQ_RESTART 10
 
 asmlinkage void __do_softirq(void)
 {
@@ -212,6 +217,7 @@ asmlinkage void __do_softirq(void)
 	unsigned long end = jiffies + MAX_SOFTIRQ_TIME;
 	int cpu;
 	unsigned long old_flags = current->flags;
+	int max_restart = MAX_SOFTIRQ_RESTART;
 
 	/*
 	 * Mask out PF_MEMALLOC s current task context is borrowed for the
@@ -265,7 +271,8 @@ restart:
 
 	pending = local_softirq_pending();
 	if (pending) {
-		if (time_before(jiffies, end) && !need_resched())
+		if (time_before(jiffies, end) && !need_resched() &&
+		    --max_restart)
 			goto restart;
 
 		wakeup_softirqd();
@@ -329,6 +336,19 @@ static inline void invoke_softirq(void)
 		wakeup_softirqd();
 }
 
+static inline void tick_irq_exit(void)
+{
+#ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ_COMMON
+	int cpu = smp_processor_id();
+
+	/* Make sure that timer wheel updates are propagated */
+	if ((idle_cpu(cpu) && !need_resched()) || tick_nohz_full_cpu(cpu)) {
+		if (!in_interrupt())
+			tick_nohz_irq_exit();
+	}
+#endif
+}
+
 /*
  * Exit an interrupt context. Process softirqs if needed and possible:
  */
@@ -346,11 +366,7 @@ void irq_exit(void)
 	if (!in_interrupt() && local_softirq_pending())
 		invoke_softirq();
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ
-	/* Make sure that timer wheel updates are propagated */
-	if (idle_cpu(smp_processor_id()) && !in_interrupt() && !need_resched())
-		tick_nohz_irq_exit();
-#endif
+	tick_irq_exit();
 	rcu_irq_exit();
 }
 
@@ -620,8 +636,7 @@ static void remote_softirq_receive(void *data)
 	unsigned long flags;
 	int softirq;
 
-	softirq = cp->priv;
-
+	softirq = *(int *)cp->info;
 	local_irq_save(flags);
 	__local_trigger(cp, softirq);
 	local_irq_restore(flags);
@@ -631,9 +646,8 @@ static int __try_remote_softirq(struct call_single_data *cp, int cpu, int softir
 {
 	if (cpu_online(cpu)) {
 		cp->func = remote_softirq_receive;
-		cp->info = cp;
+		cp->info = &softirq;
 		cp->flags = 0;
-		cp->priv = softirq;
 
 		__smp_call_function_single(cpu, cp, 0);
 		return 0;