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-rw-r--r--kernel/rcu/tree.c12
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
index c5de5adca0dd..e0425faf3b3b 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
@@ -3202,6 +3202,18 @@ kfree_call_rcu_add_ptr_to_bulk(struct kfree_rcu_cpu *krcp,
if (!bnode) {
WARN_ON_ONCE(sizeof(struct kfree_rcu_bulk_data) > PAGE_SIZE);
+ /*
+ * To keep this path working on raw non-preemptible
+ * sections, prevent the optional entry into the
+ * allocator as it uses sleeping locks. In fact, even
+ * if the caller of kfree_rcu() is preemptible, this
+ * path still is not, as krcp->lock is a raw spinlock.
+ * With additional page pre-allocation in the works,
+ * hitting this return is going to be much less likely.
+ */
+ if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT))
+ return false;
+
bnode = (struct kfree_rcu_bulk_data *)
__get_free_page(GFP_NOWAIT | __GFP_NOWARN);
}