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-rw-r--r--kernel/sched/core.c11
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index 2d9ff40f4661..6a03c3fac55c 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -7781,6 +7781,17 @@ int __sched __cond_resched(void)
preempt_schedule_common();
return 1;
}
+ /*
+ * In preemptible kernels, ->rcu_read_lock_nesting tells the tick
+ * whether the current CPU is in an RCU read-side critical section,
+ * so the tick can report quiescent states even for CPUs looping
+ * in kernel context. In contrast, in non-preemptible kernels,
+ * RCU readers leave no in-memory hints, which means that CPU-bound
+ * processes executing in kernel context might never report an
+ * RCU quiescent state. Therefore, the following code causes
+ * cond_resched() to report a quiescent state, but only when RCU
+ * is in urgent need of one.
+ */
#ifndef CONFIG_PREEMPT_RCU
rcu_all_qs();
#endif