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Paul E. McKenney committed 4e79752c25e
sched: Mark RCU reader in sched_show_task()
When sched_show_task() is invoked from try_to_freeze_tasks(), there is
no RCU read-side critical section, resulting in the following splat:
[ 125.780730] ===============================
[ 125.780766] [ INFO: suspicious RCU usage. ]
[ 125.780804] 3.7.0-rc3+ #988 Not tainted
[ 125.780838] -------------------------------
[ 125.780875] /home/rafael/src/linux/kernel/sched/core.c:4497 suspicious rcu_dereference_check() usage!
[ 125.780946]
[ 125.780946] other info that might help us debug this:
[ 125.780946]
[ 125.781031]
[ 125.781031] rcu_scheduler_active = 1, debug_locks = 0
[ 125.781087] 4 locks held by s2ram/4211:
[ 125.781120] #0: (&buffer->mutex){+.+.+.}, at: [<ffffffff811e2acf>] sysfs_write_file+0x3f/0x160
[ 125.781233] #1: (s_active#94){.+.+.+}, at: [<ffffffff811e2b58>] sysfs_write_file+0xc8/0x160
[ 125.781339] #2: (pm_mutex){+.+.+.}, at: [<ffffffff81090a81>] pm_suspend+0x81/0x230
[ 125.781439] #3: (tasklist_lock){.?.?..}, at: [<ffffffff8108feed>] try_to_freeze_tasks+0x2cd/0x3f0
[ 125.781543]
[ 125.781543] stack backtrace:
[ 125.781584] Pid: 4211, comm: s2ram Not tainted 3.7.0-rc3+ #988
[ 125.781632] Call Trace:
[ 125.781662] [<ffffffff810a3c73>] lockdep_rcu_suspicious+0x103/0x140
[ 125.781719] [<ffffffff8107cf21>] sched_show_task+0x121/0x180
[ 125.781770] [<ffffffff8108ffb4>] try_to_freeze_tasks+0x394/0x3f0
[ 125.781823] [<ffffffff810903b5>] freeze_kernel_threads+0x25/0x80
[ 125.781876] [<ffffffff81090b65>] pm_suspend+0x165/0x230
[ 125.781924] [<ffffffff8108fa29>] state_store+0x99/0x100
[ 125.781975] [<ffffffff812f5867>] kobj_attr_store+0x17/0x20
[ 125.782038] [<ffffffff811e2b71>] sysfs_write_file+0xe1/0x160
[ 125.782091] [<ffffffff811667a6>] vfs_write+0xc6/0x180
[ 125.782138] [<ffffffff81166ada>] sys_write+0x5a/0xa0
[ 125.782185] [<ffffffff812ff6ae>] ? trace_hardirqs_on_thunk+0x3a/0x3f
[ 125.782242] [<ffffffff81669dd2>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b
This commit therefore adds the needed RCU read-side critical section.
Reported-by: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@sisk.pl>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>