Re: [PATCH v2 05/11] sched,livepatch: Use wake_up_if_idle()

[Arnd Bergmann]

On Wed, Sep 29, 2021 at 6:10 PM Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Make sure to prod idle CPUs so they call klp_update_patch_state().
>
> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  kernel/livepatch/transition.c |    5 ++++-
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> --- a/kernel/livepatch/transition.c
> +++ b/kernel/livepatch/transition.c
> @@ -413,8 +413,11 @@ void klp_try_complete_transition(void)
>         for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) {
>                 task = idle_task(cpu);
>                 if (cpu_online(cpu)) {
> -                       if (!klp_try_switch_task(task))
> +                       if (!klp_try_switch_task(task)) {
>                                 complete = false;
> +                               /* Make idle task go through the main loop. */
> +                               wake_up_if_idle(cpu);
> +                       }

This caused a build regression on non-SMP kernels:

x86_64-linux-ld: kernel/livepatch/transition.o: in function
`klp_try_complete_transition':
transition.c:(.text+0x106e): undefined reference to `wake_up_if_idle'

Maybe add a IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SMP) check to one of the if() conditions?

        Arnd