Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] maple_tree: Disable mas_wr_append() when other readers are possible

[Matthew Wilcox]

On Mon, Sep 11, 2023 at 07:54:52PM -0400, Liam R. Howlett wrote:
> Taking the mutex lock in kernel/irq/manage.c __setup_irq() is calling a
> cond_resched().
> 
> >From what Michael said [1] in this thread, since something has already
> set TIF_NEED_RESCHED, it will eventually enable interrupts on us.
> 
> I've traced this to running call_rcu() in kernel/rcu/tiny.c and
> is_idle_task(current) is true, which means rcu runs:
> 		/* force scheduling for rcu_qs() */                                                                     
>                 resched_cpu(0);
> 
> the task is set idle in sched_init() -> init_idle() and never changed,
> afaict.

Should calling init_idle() be deferred until after interrupts are
all set up?