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-rw-r--r--kernel/sched/ext.c9
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/sched/ext.c b/kernel/sched/ext.c
index 174e3650d7fe..26a6ac2f8826 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/ext.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/ext.c
@@ -5258,13 +5258,14 @@ static int scx_enable(struct sched_ext_ops *ops, struct bpf_link *link)
if (!READ_ONCE(helper)) {
mutex_lock(&helper_mutex);
if (!helper) {
- helper = kthread_run_worker(0, "scx_enable_helper");
- if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(helper)) {
- helper = NULL;
+ struct kthread_worker *w =
+ kthread_run_worker(0, "scx_enable_helper");
+ if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(w)) {
mutex_unlock(&helper_mutex);
return -ENOMEM;
}
- sched_set_fifo(helper->task);
+ sched_set_fifo(w->task);
+ WRITE_ONCE(helper, w);
}
mutex_unlock(&helper_mutex);
}