Re: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 09/12] rcu: Make call_rcu_tasks() tolerate first call with irqs disabled

[Peter Zijlstra]

On Wed, Jun 15, 2016 at 02:46:10PM -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> Currently, if the very first call to call_rcu_tasks() has irqs disabled,
> it will create the rcu_tasks_kthread with irqs disabled, which will
> result in a splat in the memory allocator, which kthread_run() invokes
> with the expectation that irqs are enabled.
> 
> This commit fixes this problem by deferring kthread creation if called
> with irqs disabled.  The first call to call_rcu_tasks() that has irqs
> enabled will create the kthread.
> 
> This bug was detected by rcutorture changes that were motivated by
> Iftekhar Ahmed's mutation-testing efforts.

Seems fragile. What if someone manages to only use call_rcu_tasks() with
IRQs disabled?