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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2009-01-08 00:43:58 +0100
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2009-01-08 00:43:58 +0100
commit8cfc7f9c005313ecd4e98ad1feb391d8dfce9ed2 (patch)
tree39a3a898f5a15f3c190e7b1a09815f13bbaef77c /kernel
parentMerge branch 'linux-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jb... (diff)
parentsched: fix possible recursive rq->lock (diff)
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Merge branch 'sched-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip
* 'sched-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: sched: fix possible recursive rq->lock
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel')
-rw-r--r--kernel/sched.c5
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/sched.c b/kernel/sched.c
index 2e3545f57e77..deb5ac8c12f3 100644
--- a/kernel/sched.c
+++ b/kernel/sched.c
@@ -3728,8 +3728,13 @@ redo:
}
double_unlock_balance(this_rq, busiest);
+ /*
+ * Should not call ttwu while holding a rq->lock
+ */
+ spin_unlock(&this_rq->lock);
if (active_balance)
wake_up_process(busiest->migration_thread);
+ spin_lock(&this_rq->lock);
} else
sd->nr_balance_failed = 0;