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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2025-02-16 10:38:24 -0800
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2025-02-16 10:38:24 -0800
commitff3b373ecc88098103b6ae80d96d6527210b2e64 (patch)
treeedb8c7f6a97c149d1d3e39895e33c96e86469ec0
parent592c358ea963d7227e3e7b8ace91b2b5dd81f6cb (diff)
parentbcc6244e13b4d4903511a1ea84368abf925031c0 (diff)
Merge tag 'sched_urgent_for_v6.14_rc3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
Pull scheduler fix from Borislav Petkov: - Clarify what happens when a task is woken up from the wake queue and make clear its removal from that queue is atomic * tag 'sched_urgent_for_v6.14_rc3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: sched: Clarify wake_up_q()'s write to task->wake_q.next
-rw-r--r--kernel/sched/core.c5
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index 5404a303199d..9aecd914ac69 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -1063,9 +1063,10 @@ 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