rcu: Make call_rcu_tasks() tolerate first call with irqs disabled

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Currently, if the very first call to call_rcu_tasks() has irqs disabled,
it will create the rcu_tasks_kthread with irqs disabled, which will
result in a splat in the memory allocator, which kthread_run() invokes
with the expectation that irqs are enabled.

This commit fixes this problem by deferring kthread creation if called
with irqs disabled.  The first call to call_rcu_tasks() that has irqs
enabled will create the kthread.

This bug was detected by rcutorture changes that were motivated by
Iftekhar Ahmed's mutation-testing efforts.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>

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Paul E. McKenney 2016-05-02 11:58:56 -07:00

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commit 4929c913bd

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