04e613ded8
Commit ce3d31ad3cac ("arm64/smp: Move rcu_cpu_starting() earlier") ensured
that RCU is informed early about incoming CPUs that might end up calling
into printk() before they are online. However, if such a CPU fails the
early CPU feature compatibility checks in check_local_cpu_capabilities(),
then it will be powered off or parked without informing RCU, leading to
an endless stream of stalls:
| rcu: INFO: rcu_preempt detected stalls on CPUs/tasks:
| rcu: 2-O...: (0 ticks this GP) idle=002/1/0x4000000000000000 softirq=0/0 fqs=2593
| (detected by 0, t=5252 jiffies, g=9317, q=136)
| Task dump for CPU 2:
| task:swapper/2 state:R running task stack: 0 pid: 0 ppid: 1 flags:0x00000028
| Call trace:
| ret_from_fork+0x0/0x30
Ensure that the dying CPU invokes rcu_report_dead() prior to being powered
off or parked.
Cc: Qian Cai <cai@redhat.com>
Cc: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
Suggested-by: Qian Cai <cai@redhat.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20201105222242.GA8842@willie-the-truck
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20201106103602.9849-3-will@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
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