From 131906b0062ddde7f85bbe67754983c754648bd8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Paul E. McKenney" Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2011 02:05:49 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] rcu: decrease rcu_report_exp_rnp coupling with scheduler PREEMPT_RCU read-side critical sections blocking an expedited grace period invoke rcu_report_exp_rnp(). When the last such critical section has completed, rcu_report_exp_rnp() invokes the scheduler to wake up the task that invoked synchronize_rcu_expedited() -- needlessly holding the root rcu_node structure's lock while doing so, thus needlessly providing a way for RCU and the scheduler to deadlock. This commit therefore releases the root rcu_node structure's lock before calling wake_up(). Reported-by: Ed Tomlinson Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney --- Reading git-format-patch failed