Stuff the meat of sched_core_put() into a work such that we can use sched_core_put() from atomic context.
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <pet...@infradead.org> --- kernel/sched/core.c | 33 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++------ 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) --- a/kernel/sched/core.c +++ b/kernel/sched/core.c @@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ static struct task_struct *sched_core_ne */ static DEFINE_MUTEX(sched_core_mutex); -static int sched_core_count; +static atomic_t sched_core_count; static struct cpumask sched_core_mask; static void __sched_core_flip(bool enabled) @@ -286,18 +286,39 @@ static void __sched_core_disable(void) void sched_core_get(void) { + if (atomic_inc_not_zero(&sched_core_count)) + return; + mutex_lock(&sched_core_mutex); - if (!sched_core_count++) + if (!atomic_read(&sched_core_count)) __sched_core_enable(); + + smp_mb__before_atomic(); + atomic_inc(&sched_core_count); mutex_unlock(&sched_core_mutex); } -void sched_core_put(void) +static void __sched_core_put(struct work_struct *work) { - mutex_lock(&sched_core_mutex); - if (!--sched_core_count) + if (atomic_dec_and_mutex_lock(&sched_core_count, &sched_core_mutex)) { __sched_core_disable(); - mutex_unlock(&sched_core_mutex); + mutex_unlock(&sched_core_mutex); + } +} + +void sched_core_put(void) +{ + static DECLARE_WORK(_work, __sched_core_put); + + /* + * "There can only be one" + * + * Either this is the last one, or we don't actually need to do any + * 'work'. If it is the last *again*, we rely on + * WORK_STRUCT_PENDING_BIT. + */ + if (!atomic_add_unless(&sched_core_count, -1, 1)) + schedule_work(&_work); } #else /* !CONFIG_SCHED_CORE */