Patch "sched/core: Idle_task_exit() shouldn't use switch_mm_irqs_off()" has been added to the 4.4-stable tree
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This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
sched/core: Idle_task_exit() shouldn't use switch_mm_irqs_off()
to the 4.4-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
sched-core-idle_task_exit-shouldn-t-use-switch_mm_irqs_off.patch
and it can be found in the queue-4.4 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <[email protected]> know about it.
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252d2a4117bc181b287eeddf848863788da733aeMon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andy Lutomirski <[email protected]>
Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2017 11:49:15 -0700
Subject: sched/core: Idle_task_exit() shouldn't use switch_mm_irqs_off()
From: Andy Lutomirski <[email protected]>
commit 252d2a4117bc181b287eeddf848863788da733ae upstream.
idle_task_exit() can be called with IRQs on x86 on and therefore should use switch_mm(), not switch_mm_irqs_off().
This doesn't seem to cause any problems right now, but it will confuse my upcoming TLB flush changes. Nonetheless, I think it should be backported because it's trivial. There won't be any meaningful performance impact because idle_task_exit() is only used when offlining a CPU.
--- kernel/sched/core.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
kernel/sched/core.c +1 -1
@@ -5206,7 +5206,7 @@ void idle_task_exit(void)BUG_ON (cpu_online (smp_processor_id ()));if (mm != &init_mm) { -switch_mm_irqs_off (mm, &init_mm, current); +switch_mm (mm, &init_mm, current);finish_arch_post_lock_switch (); }mmdrop (mm);
Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from [email protected] are
queue-4.4/x86-mm-sched-core-uninline-switch_mm.patch queue-4.4/x86-mm-add-a-noinvpcid-boot-option-to-turn-off-invpcid.patch queue-4.4/x86-irq-do-not-substract-irq_tlb_count-from-irq_call_count.patch queue-4.4/x86-mm-if-invpcid-is-available-use-it-to-flush-global-mappings.patch queue-4.4/x86-mm-add-invpcid-helpers.patch queue-4.4/sched-core-add-switch_mm_irqs_off-and-use-it-in-the-scheduler.patch queue-4.4/arm-hide-finish_arch_post_lock_switch-from-modules.patch queue-4.4/x86-mm-sched-core-turn-off-irqs-in-switch_mm.patch queue-4.4/mm-mmu_context-sched-core-fix-mmu_context.h-assumption.patch queue-4.4/x86-mm-build-arch-x86-mm-tlb.c-even-on-smp.patch queue-4.4/sched-core-idle_task_exit-shouldn-t-use-switch_mm_irqs_off.patch