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1 files changed, 14 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index 29ace472f916..ce9fd7605190 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -93,11 +93,11 @@ static void remote_function(void *data)
* @info: the function call argument
*
* Calls the function @func when the task is currently running. This might
- * be on the current CPU, which just calls the function directly
+ * be on the current CPU, which just calls the function directly. This will
+ * retry due to any failures in smp_call_function_single(), such as if the
+ * task_cpu() goes offline concurrently.
*
- * returns: @func return value, or
- * -ESRCH - when the process isn't running
- * -EAGAIN - when the process moved away
+ * returns @func return value or -ESRCH when the process isn't running
*/
static int
task_function_call(struct task_struct *p, remote_function_f func, void *info)
@@ -110,11 +110,16 @@ task_function_call(struct task_struct *p, remote_function_f func, void *info)
};
int ret;
- do {
- ret = smp_call_function_single(task_cpu(p), remote_function, &data, 1);
- if (!ret)
- ret = data.ret;
- } while (ret == -EAGAIN);
+ for (;;) {
+ ret = smp_call_function_single(task_cpu(p), remote_function,
+ &data, 1);
+ ret = !ret ? data.ret : -EAGAIN;
+
+ if (ret != -EAGAIN)
+ break;
+
+ cond_resched();
+ }
return ret;
}