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diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index 530fe8ba..8d8722b 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -2504,6 +2504,18 @@ static struct rq *finish_task_switch(struct task_struct *prev)
struct mm_struct *mm = rq->prev_mm;
long prev_state;
+ /*
+ * The previous task will have left us with a preempt_count of 2
+ * because it left us after:
+ *
+ * schedule()
+ * preempt_disable(); // 1
+ * __schedule()
+ * raw_spin_lock_irq(&rq->lock) // 2
+ *
+ * Also, see FORK_PREEMPT_COUNT.
+ */
+
rq->prev_mm = NULL;
/*
@@ -2588,8 +2600,15 @@ asmlinkage __visible void schedule_tail(struct task_struct *prev)
{
struct rq *rq;
- /* finish_task_switch() drops rq->lock and enables preemtion */
- preempt_disable();
+ /*
+ * New tasks start with FORK_PREEMPT_COUNT, see there and
+ * finish_task_switch() for details.
+ *
+ * finish_task_switch() will drop rq->lock() and lower preempt_count
+ * and the preempt_enable() will end up enabling preemption (on
+ * PREEMPT_COUNT kernels).
+ */
+
rq = finish_task_switch(prev);
balance_callback(rq);
preempt_enable();
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