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diff --git a/kernel/rcupdate.c b/kernel/rcupdate.c
index 0ccd009..760dfc2 100644
--- a/kernel/rcupdate.c
+++ b/kernel/rcupdate.c
@@ -115,7 +115,17 @@ void rcu_barrier(void)
mutex_lock(&rcu_barrier_mutex);
init_completion(&rcu_barrier_completion);
atomic_set(&rcu_barrier_cpu_count, 0);
+ /*
+ * The queueing of callbacks in all CPUs must be atomic with
+ * respect to RCU, otherwise one CPU may queue a callback,
+ * wait for a grace period, decrement barrier count and call
+ * complete(), while other CPUs have not yet queued anything.
+ * So, we need to make sure that grace periods cannot complete
+ * until all the callbacks are queued.
+ */
+ rcu_read_lock();
on_each_cpu(rcu_barrier_func, NULL, 0, 1);
+ rcu_read_unlock();
wait_for_completion(&rcu_barrier_completion);
mutex_unlock(&rcu_barrier_mutex);
}
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