1 files changed, 7 insertions, 45 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h b/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h
index 41021080ad25..36a8b5dbf5b5 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h
@@ -1195,14 +1195,13 @@ static void rcu_spawn_one_boost_kthread(struct rcu_node *rnp)
 	struct sched_param sp;
 	struct task_struct *t;
 
-	mutex_lock(&rnp->boost_kthread_mutex);
-	if (rnp->boost_kthread_task || !rcu_scheduler_fully_active)
-		goto out;
+	if (rnp->boost_kthread_task)
+		return;
 
 	t = kthread_create(rcu_boost_kthread, (void *)rnp,
 			   "rcub/%d", rnp_index);
 	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(IS_ERR(t)))
-		goto out;
+		return;
 
 	raw_spin_lock_irqsave_rcu_node(rnp, flags);
 	rnp->boost_kthread_task = t;
@@ -1210,48 +1209,11 @@ static void rcu_spawn_one_boost_kthread(struct rcu_node *rnp)
 	sp.sched_priority = kthread_prio;
 	sched_setscheduler_nocheck(t, SCHED_FIFO, &sp);
 	wake_up_process(t); /* get to TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE quickly. */
-
- out:
-	mutex_unlock(&rnp->boost_kthread_mutex);
 }
 
-/*
- * Set the per-rcu_node kthread's affinity to cover all CPUs that are
- * served by the rcu_node in question.  The CPU hotplug lock is still
- * held, so the value of rnp->qsmaskinit will be stable.
- *
- * We don't include outgoingcpu in the affinity set, use -1 if there is
- * no outgoing CPU.  If there are no CPUs left in the affinity set,
- * this function allows the kthread to execute on any CPU.
- *
- * Any future concurrent calls are serialized via ->boost_kthread_mutex.
- */
-static void rcu_boost_kthread_setaffinity(struct rcu_node *rnp, int outgoingcpu)
+static struct task_struct *rcu_boost_task(struct rcu_node *rnp)
 {
-	struct task_struct *t = rnp->boost_kthread_task;
-	unsigned long mask;
-	cpumask_var_t cm;
-	int cpu;
-
-	if (!t)
-		return;
-	if (!zalloc_cpumask_var(&cm, GFP_KERNEL))
-		return;
-	mutex_lock(&rnp->boost_kthread_mutex);
-	mask = rcu_rnp_online_cpus(rnp);
-	for_each_leaf_node_possible_cpu(rnp, cpu)
-		if ((mask & leaf_node_cpu_bit(rnp, cpu)) &&
-		    cpu != outgoingcpu)
-			cpumask_set_cpu(cpu, cm);
-	cpumask_and(cm, cm, housekeeping_cpumask(HK_TYPE_RCU));
-	if (cpumask_empty(cm)) {
-		cpumask_copy(cm, housekeeping_cpumask(HK_TYPE_RCU));
-		if (outgoingcpu >= 0)
-			cpumask_clear_cpu(outgoingcpu, cm);
-	}
-	set_cpus_allowed_ptr(t, cm);
-	mutex_unlock(&rnp->boost_kthread_mutex);
-	free_cpumask_var(cm);
+	return READ_ONCE(rnp->boost_kthread_task);
 }
 
 #else /* #ifdef CONFIG_RCU_BOOST */
@@ -1270,10 +1232,10 @@ static void rcu_spawn_one_boost_kthread(struct rcu_node *rnp)
 {
 }
 
-static void rcu_boost_kthread_setaffinity(struct rcu_node *rnp, int outgoingcpu)
+static struct task_struct *rcu_boost_task(struct rcu_node *rnp)
 {
+	return NULL;
 }
-
 #endif /* #else #ifdef CONFIG_RCU_BOOST */
 
 /*