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-rw-r--r--arch/mips/kernel/smp.c31
1 files changed, 29 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/smp.c b/arch/mips/kernel/smp.c
index 383aeb95cb49..32a256101082 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/smp.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/smp.c
@@ -193,6 +193,22 @@ void __devinit smp_prepare_boot_cpu(void)
*/
static struct task_struct *cpu_idle_thread[NR_CPUS];
+struct create_idle {
+ struct work_struct work;
+ struct task_struct *idle;
+ struct completion done;
+ int cpu;
+};
+
+static void __cpuinit do_fork_idle(struct work_struct *work)
+{
+ struct create_idle *c_idle =
+ container_of(work, struct create_idle, work);
+
+ c_idle->idle = fork_idle(c_idle->cpu);
+ complete(&c_idle->done);
+}
+
int __cpuinit __cpu_up(unsigned int cpu)
{
struct task_struct *idle;
@@ -203,8 +219,19 @@ int __cpuinit __cpu_up(unsigned int cpu)
* Linux can schedule processes on this slave.
*/
if (!cpu_idle_thread[cpu]) {
- idle = fork_idle(cpu);
- cpu_idle_thread[cpu] = idle;
+ /*
+ * Schedule work item to avoid forking user task
+ * Ported from arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
+ */
+ struct create_idle c_idle = {
+ .cpu = cpu,
+ .done = COMPLETION_INITIALIZER_ONSTACK(c_idle.done),
+ };
+
+ INIT_WORK_ONSTACK(&c_idle.work, do_fork_idle);
+ schedule_work(&c_idle.work);
+ wait_for_completion(&c_idle.done);
+ idle = cpu_idle_thread[cpu] = c_idle.idle;
if (IS_ERR(idle))
panic(KERN_ERR "Fork failed for CPU %d", cpu);