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Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/sched.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/sched.c | 8 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/sched.c b/kernel/sched.c index f708d10e7750..95042b27d30c 100644 --- a/kernel/sched.c +++ b/kernel/sched.c @@ -867,7 +867,7 @@ void wait_task_inactive(task_t * p) repeat: rq = task_rq_lock(p, &flags); /* Must be off runqueue entirely, not preempted. */ - if (unlikely(p->array)) { + if (unlikely(p->array || task_running(rq, p))) { /* If it's preempted, we yield. It could be a while. */ preempted = !task_running(rq, p); task_rq_unlock(rq, &flags); @@ -885,6 +885,12 @@ repeat: * * Cause a process which is running on another CPU to enter * kernel-mode, without any delay. (to get signals handled.) + * + * NOTE: this function doesnt have to take the runqueue lock, + * because all it wants to ensure is that the remote task enters + * the kernel. If the IPI races and the task has been migrated + * to another CPU then no harm is done and the purpose has been + * achieved as well. */ void kick_process(task_t *p) { |