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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>

+5 -1
+5 -1
kernel/sched/core.c
··· 4474 4474 void sched_show_task(struct task_struct *p) 4475 4475 { 4476 4476 unsigned long free = 0; 4477 + int ppid; 4477 4478 unsigned state; 4478 4479 4479 4480 state = p->state ? __ffs(p->state) + 1 : 0; ··· 4494 4493 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_STACK_USAGE 4495 4494 free = stack_not_used(p); 4496 4495 #endif 4496 + rcu_read_lock(); 4497 + ppid = task_pid_nr(rcu_dereference(p->real_parent)); 4498 + rcu_read_unlock(); 4497 4499 printk(KERN_CONT "%5lu %5d %6d 0x%08lx\n", free, 4498 - task_pid_nr(p), task_pid_nr(rcu_dereference(p->real_parent)), 4500 + task_pid_nr(p), ppid, 4499 4501 (unsigned long)task_thread_info(p)->flags); 4500 4502 4501 4503 show_stack(p, NULL);