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-rw-r--r--kernel/kthread.c8
-rw-r--r--kernel/smpboot.c5
2 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/kthread.c b/kernel/kthread.c
index c52a05a8ec52..f5dc0b151d61 100644
--- a/kernel/kthread.c
+++ b/kernel/kthread.c
@@ -390,10 +390,10 @@ struct task_struct *kthread_create_on_cpu(int (*threadfn)(void *data),
cpu);
if (IS_ERR(p))
return p;
+ kthread_bind(p, cpu);
+ /* CPU hotplug need to bind once again when unparking the thread. */
set_bit(KTHREAD_IS_PER_CPU, &to_kthread(p)->flags);
to_kthread(p)->cpu = cpu;
- /* Park the thread to get it out of TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE state */
- kthread_park(p);
return p;
}
@@ -407,6 +407,10 @@ static void __kthread_unpark(struct task_struct *k, struct kthread *kthread)
* which might be about to be cleared.
*/
if (test_and_clear_bit(KTHREAD_IS_PARKED, &kthread->flags)) {
+ /*
+ * Newly created kthread was parked when the CPU was offline.
+ * The binding was lost and we need to set it again.
+ */
if (test_bit(KTHREAD_IS_PER_CPU, &kthread->flags))
__kthread_bind(k, kthread->cpu, TASK_PARKED);
wake_up_state(k, TASK_PARKED);
diff --git a/kernel/smpboot.c b/kernel/smpboot.c
index 13bc43d1fb22..4a5c6e73ecd4 100644
--- a/kernel/smpboot.c
+++ b/kernel/smpboot.c
@@ -186,6 +186,11 @@ __smpboot_create_thread(struct smp_hotplug_thread *ht, unsigned int cpu)
kfree(td);
return PTR_ERR(tsk);
}
+ /*
+ * Park the thread so that it could start right on the CPU
+ * when it is available.
+ */
+ kthread_park(tsk);
get_task_struct(tsk);
*per_cpu_ptr(ht->store, cpu) = tsk;
if (ht->create) {
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