Merge branch 'rcu-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip

Pull RCU fixes from Ingo Molnar:
 "This fixes sporadic ACPI related hangs in synchronize_rcu() that were
  caused by the ACPI code mistakenly relying on an aspect of RCU that
  was neither promised to work nor reliable but which happened to work -
  until in v4.9 we changed the RCU implementation, which made the hangs
  more prominent.

  Since the mis-use of the RCU facility wasn't properly detected and
  prevented either, these fixes make the RCU side work reliably instead
  of working around the problem in the ACPI code.

  Hence the slightly larger diffstat that goes beyond the normal scope
  of RCU fixes in -rc kernels"

* 'rcu-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  rcu: Narrow early boot window of illegal synchronous grace periods
  rcu: Remove cond_resched() from Tiny synchronize_sched()

1 files changed, 20 insertions, 13 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
index 96c52e43f7ca..cb4e2056ccf3 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
@@ -127,13 +127,16 @@ int rcu_num_nodes __read_mostly = NUM_RCU_NODES; /* Total # rcu_nodes in use. */
 int sysctl_panic_on_rcu_stall __read_mostly;
 
 /*
- * The rcu_scheduler_active variable transitions from zero to one just
- * before the first task is spawned.  So when this variable is zero, RCU
- * can assume that there is but one task, allowing RCU to (for example)
+ * The rcu_scheduler_active variable is initialized to the value
+ * RCU_SCHEDULER_INACTIVE and transitions RCU_SCHEDULER_INIT just before the
+ * first task is spawned.  So when this variable is RCU_SCHEDULER_INACTIVE,
+ * RCU can assume that there is but one task, allowing RCU to (for example)
  * optimize synchronize_rcu() to a simple barrier().  When this variable
- * is one, RCU must actually do all the hard work required to detect real
- * grace periods.  This variable is also used to suppress boot-time false
- * positives from lockdep-RCU error checking.
+ * is RCU_SCHEDULER_INIT, RCU must actually do all the hard work required
+ * to detect real grace periods.  This variable is also used to suppress
+ * boot-time false positives from lockdep-RCU error checking.  Finally, it
+ * transitions from RCU_SCHEDULER_INIT to RCU_SCHEDULER_RUNNING after RCU
+ * is fully initialized, including all of its kthreads having been spawned.
  */
 int rcu_scheduler_active __read_mostly;
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rcu_scheduler_active);
@@ -3980,18 +3983,22 @@ static int __init rcu_spawn_gp_kthread(void)
 early_initcall(rcu_spawn_gp_kthread);
 
 /*
- * This function is invoked towards the end of the scheduler's initialization
- * process.  Before this is called, the idle task might contain
- * RCU read-side critical sections (during which time, this idle
- * task is booting the system).  After this function is called, the
- * idle tasks are prohibited from containing RCU read-side critical
- * sections.  This function also enables RCU lockdep checking.
+ * This function is invoked towards the end of the scheduler's
+ * initialization process.  Before this is called, the idle task might
+ * contain synchronous grace-period primitives (during which time, this idle
+ * task is booting the system, and such primitives are no-ops).  After this
+ * function is called, any synchronous grace-period primitives are run as
+ * expedited, with the requesting task driving the grace period forward.
+ * A later core_initcall() rcu_exp_runtime_mode() will switch to full
+ * runtime RCU functionality.
  */
 void rcu_scheduler_starting(void)
 {
 	WARN_ON(num_online_cpus() != 1);
 	WARN_ON(nr_context_switches() > 0);
-	rcu_scheduler_active = 1;
+	rcu_test_sync_prims();
+	rcu_scheduler_active = RCU_SCHEDULER_INIT;
+	rcu_test_sync_prims();
 }
 
 /*