[RFC PATCH 06/10] yield_to(),cpu-hotplug: Prevent offlining of other CPUs properly

[Srivatsa S. Bhat]

With stop_machine() gone from the CPU offline path, we can't depend on
local_irq_save() to prevent CPUs from going offline from under us.

Use the get/put_online_cpus_stable_atomic() APIs to prevent CPUs from
going offline, while invoking from atomic context. And use the stable
online mask while interacting with other CPUs.

Signed-off-by: Srivatsa S. Bhat <srivatsa.bhat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---

 kernel/sched/core.c |    4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index c1a5d93..d0b159b 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -4312,6 +4312,7 @@ bool __sched yield_to(struct task_struct *p, bool preempt)
 	unsigned long flags;
 	bool yielded = 0;
 
+	get_online_cpus_stable_atomic();
 	local_irq_save(flags);
 	rq = this_rq();
 
@@ -4339,13 +4340,14 @@ again:
 		 * Make p's CPU reschedule; pick_next_entity takes care of
 		 * fairness.
 		 */
-		if (preempt && rq != p_rq)
+		if (preempt && rq != p_rq && cpu_online_stable(task_cpu(p)))
 			resched_task(p_rq->curr);
 	}
 
 out:
 	double_rq_unlock(rq, p_rq);
 	local_irq_restore(flags);
+	put_online_cpus_stable_atomic();
 
 	if (yielded)
 		schedule();

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