rcu: Invoke rcu_spawn_core_kthreads() from rcu_spawn_gp_kthread()
Currently, rcu_spawn_core_kthreads() is invoked via an early_initcall(), which works, except that rcu_spawn_gp_kthread() is also invoked via an early_initcall() and rcu_spawn_core_kthreads() relies on adjustments to kthread_prio that are carried out by rcu_spawn_gp_kthread(). There is no guaranttee of ordering among early_initcall() handlers, and thus no guarantee that kthread_prio will be properly checked and range-limited at the time that rcu_spawn_core_kthreads() needs it. In most cases, this bug is harmless. After all, the only reason that rcu_spawn_gp_kthread() adjusts the value of kthread_prio is if the user specified a nonsensical value for this boot parameter, which experience indicates is rare. Nevertheless, a bug is a bug. This commit therefore causes the rcu_spawn_core_kthreads() function to be invoked directly from rcu_spawn_gp_kthread() after any needed adjustments to kthread_prio have been carried out. Fixes: 48d07c04 ("rcu: Enable elimination of Tree-RCU softirq processing") Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
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