1 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/rcutree_plugin.h b/kernel/rcutree_plugin.h
index c1cc7e1..a5745e9 100644
--- a/kernel/rcutree_plugin.h
+++ b/kernel/rcutree_plugin.h
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #include <linux/gfp.h>
 #include <linux/oom.h>
 #include <linux/smpboot.h>
+#include <linux/tick.h>
 
 #define RCU_KTHREAD_PRIO 1
 
@@ -2502,3 +2503,20 @@ static void __init rcu_init_nocb(void)
 }
 
 #endif /* #else #ifdef CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU */
+
+/*
+ * An adaptive-ticks CPU can potentially execute in kernel mode for an
+ * arbitrarily long period of time with the scheduling-clock tick turned
+ * off.  RCU will be paying attention to this CPU because it is in the
+ * kernel, but the CPU cannot be guaranteed to be executing the RCU state
+ * machine because the scheduling-clock tick has been disabled.  Therefore,
+ * if an adaptive-ticks CPU is failing to respond to the current grace
+ * period and has not be idle from an RCU perspective, kick it.
+ */
+static void rcu_kick_nohz_cpu(int cpu)
+{
+#ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL
+	if (tick_nohz_full_cpu(cpu))
+		smp_send_reschedule(cpu);
+#endif /* #ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL */
+}