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    workqueue: exit rescuer_thread() as TASK_RUNNING · 412d32e6
    Mike Galbraith authored
    A rescue thread exiting TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE can lead to a task scheduling
    off, never to be seen again.  In the case where this occurred, an exiting
    thread hit reiserfs homebrew conditional resched while holding a mutex,
    bringing the box to its knees.
    
    PID: 18105  TASK: ffff8807fd412180  CPU: 5   COMMAND: "kdmflush"
     #0 [ffff8808157e7670] schedule at ffffffff8143f489
     #1 [ffff8808157e77b8] reiserfs_get_block at ffffffffa038ab2d [reiserfs]
     #2 [ffff8808157e79a8] __block_write_begin at ffffffff8117fb14
     #3 [ffff8808157e7a98] reiserfs_write_begin at ffffffffa0388695 [reiserfs]
     #4 [ffff8808157e7ad8] generic_perform_write at ffffffff810ee9e2
     #5 [ffff8808157e7b58] generic_file_buffered_write at ffffffff810eeb41
     #6 [ffff8808157e7ba8] __generic_file_aio_write at ffffffff810f1a3a
     #7 [ffff8808157e7c58] generic_file_aio_write at ffffffff810f1c88
     #8 [ffff8808157e7cc8] do_sync_write at ffffffff8114f850
     #9 [ffff8808157e7dd8] do_acct_process at ffffffff810a268f
        [exception RIP: kernel_thread_helper]
        RIP: ffffffff8144a5c0  RSP: ffff8808157e7f58  RFLAGS: 00000202
        RAX: 0000000000000000  RBX: 0000000000000000  RCX: 0000000000000000
        RDX: 0000000000000000  RSI: ffffffff8107af60  RDI: ffff8803ee491d18
        RBP: 0000000000000000   R8: 0000000000000000   R9: 0000000000000000
        R10: 0000000000000000  R11: 0000000000000000  R12: 0000000000000000
        R13: 0000000000000000  R14: 0000000000000000  R15: 0000000000000000
        ORIG_RAX: ffffffffffffffff  CS: 0010  SS: 0018
    Signed-off-by: default avatarMike Galbraith <mgalbraith@suse.de>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarTejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
    Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
    412d32e6
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