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Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/sched/core.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/sched/core.c | 10 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c index 615953141951..10a8faa1b0d4 100644 --- a/kernel/sched/core.c +++ b/kernel/sched/core.c @@ -2517,11 +2517,11 @@ static struct rq *finish_task_switch(struct task_struct *prev) * If a task dies, then it sets TASK_DEAD in tsk->state and calls * schedule one last time. The schedule call will never return, and * the scheduled task must drop that reference. - * The test for TASK_DEAD must occur while the runqueue locks are - * still held, otherwise prev could be scheduled on another cpu, die - * there before we look at prev->state, and then the reference would - * be dropped twice. - * Manfred Spraul <manfred@colorfullife.com> + * + * We must observe prev->state before clearing prev->on_cpu (in + * finish_lock_switch), otherwise a concurrent wakeup can get prev + * running on another CPU and we could rave with its RUNNING -> DEAD + * transition, resulting in a double drop. */ prev_state = prev->state; vtime_task_switch(prev); |