Merge branch 'sched-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm…

…/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip

Pull scheduler fix from Ingo Molnar:
 "A try_to_wake_up() memory ordering race fix causing a busy-loop in
  ttwu()"

* 'sched-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  sched/core: Fix a race between try_to_wake_up() and a woken up task

kernel/sched/core.c

@@ -2016,6 +2016,28 @@ try_to_wake_up(struct task_struct *p, unsigned int state, int wake_flags)
 	success = 1; /* we're going to change ->state */
 	cpu = task_cpu(p);
 
+	/*
+	 * Ensure we load p->on_rq _after_ p->state, otherwise it would
+	 * be possible to, falsely, observe p->on_rq == 0 and get stuck
+	 * in smp_cond_load_acquire() below.
+	 *
+	 * sched_ttwu_pending()                 try_to_wake_up()
+	 *   [S] p->on_rq = 1;                  [L] P->state
+	 *       UNLOCK rq->lock  -----.
+	 *                              \
+	 *				 +---   RMB
+	 * schedule()                   /
+	 *       LOCK rq->lock    -----'
+	 *       UNLOCK rq->lock
+	 *
+	 * [task p]
+	 *   [S] p->state = UNINTERRUPTIBLE     [L] p->on_rq
+	 *
+	 * Pairs with the UNLOCK+LOCK on rq->lock from the
+	 * last wakeup of our task and the schedule that got our task
+	 * current.
+	 */
+	smp_rmb();
 	if (p->on_rq && ttwu_remote(p, wake_flags))
 		goto stat;