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-rw-r--r--kernel/sched/core.c15
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index 97d276ff1edb..2f9c92884817 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -2669,13 +2669,20 @@ unsigned long nr_running(void)
/*
* Check if only the current task is running on the cpu.
+ *
+ * Caution: this function does not check that the caller has disabled
+ * preemption, thus the result might have a time-of-check-to-time-of-use
+ * race. The caller is responsible to use it correctly, for example:
+ *
+ * - from a non-preemptable section (of course)
+ *
+ * - from a thread that is bound to a single CPU
+ *
+ * - in a loop with very short iterations (e.g. a polling loop)
*/
bool single_task_running(void)
{
- if (cpu_rq(smp_processor_id())->nr_running == 1)
- return true;
- else
- return false;
+ return raw_rq()->nr_running == 1;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(single_task_running);