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Date:   Wed, 6 Oct 2021 11:16:21 +0200 (CEST)
From:   Miroslav Benes <mbenes@suse.cz>
To:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 05/11] sched,livepatch: Use wake_up_if_idle()
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On Wed, 29 Sep 2021, Peter Zijlstra wrote:

> Make sure to prod idle CPUs so they call klp_update_patch_state().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
> ---
>  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);
> +			}

Right, it should be enough.

Acked-by: Miroslav Benes <mbenes@suse.cz>

It would be nice to get Vasily's Tested-by tag on this one.

M