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| author | Jann Horn <jannh@google.com> | 2025-01-29 20:53:03 +0100 |
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| committer | Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> | 2025-02-08 15:43:12 +0100 |
| commit | bcc6244e13b4d4903511a1ea84368abf925031c0 (patch) | |
| tree | f976cd96b12bb0435853fa6e3a4ade066a3488a5 | |
| parent | 9065ce69754dece78606c8bbb3821449272e56bf (diff) | |
sched: Clarify wake_up_q()'s write to task->wake_q.next
Clarify that wake_up_q() does an atomic write to task->wake_q.next, after
which a concurrent __wake_q_add() can immediately overwrite
task->wake_q.next again.
Signed-off-by: Jann Horn <jannh@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20250129-sched-wakeup-prettier-v1-1-2f51f5f663fa@google.com
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/sched/core.c | 5 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c index 3e5a6bf587f9..8931d9b1e895 100644 --- a/kernel/sched/core.c +++ b/kernel/sched/core.c @@ -1055,9 +1055,10 @@ void wake_up_q(struct wake_q_head *head) struct task_struct *task; task = container_of(node, struct task_struct, wake_q); - /* Task can safely be re-inserted now: */ node = node->next; - task->wake_q.next = NULL; + /* pairs with cmpxchg_relaxed() in __wake_q_add() */ + WRITE_ONCE(task->wake_q.next, NULL); + /* Task can safely be re-inserted now. */ /* * wake_up_process() executes a full barrier, which pairs with |