On Wed, 29 Sep 2021, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
Make sure to prod idle CPUs so they call klp_update_patch_state().
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
---
kernel/livepatch/transition.c | 5 ++++-
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
--- a/kernel/livepatch/transition.c
+++ b/kernel/livepatch/transition.c
@@ -413,8 +413,11 @@ void klp_try_complete_transition(void)
for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) {
task = idle_task(cpu);
if (cpu_online(cpu)) {
- if (!klp_try_switch_task(task))
+ if (!klp_try_switch_task(task)) {
complete = false;
+ /* Make idle task go through the main loop. */
+ wake_up_if_idle(cpu);
+ }
Right, it should be enough.
Acked-by: Miroslav Benes <mbenes@suse.cz>
It would be nice to get Vasily's Tested-by tag on this one.
M