[PATCH 2/2] score: Fix _Thread_Start_multitasking() on SMP
Sebastian Huber
sebastian.huber at embedded-brains.de
Tue Feb 17 18:58:45 UTC 2015
Close #2268.
---
cpukit/score/src/threadstartmultitasking.c | 24 +++++++++++++-----------
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
diff --git a/cpukit/score/src/threadstartmultitasking.c b/cpukit/score/src/threadstartmultitasking.c
index 838cf23..9fd2535 100644
--- a/cpukit/score/src/threadstartmultitasking.c
+++ b/cpukit/score/src/threadstartmultitasking.c
@@ -41,21 +41,23 @@ void _Thread_Start_multitasking( void )
#if defined(RTEMS_SMP)
_CPU_SMP_Prepare_start_multitasking();
-
- /*
- * The _CPU_Context_Restart_self() implementations usually assume that self
- * context is executing.
- *
- * FIXME: We have a race condition here in case another thread already
- * performed scheduler operations and moved our heir thread to another
- * processor. The time frame for this is likely too small to be practically
- * relevant. See https://devel.rtems.org/ticket/2268.
- */
- _CPU_Context_Set_is_executing( &heir->Registers, true );
#endif
#if defined(_CPU_Start_multitasking)
_CPU_Start_multitasking( &heir->Registers );
+#elif defined(RTEMS_SMP)
+ {
+ Context_Control trash;
+
+ /*
+ * Mark the trash context as executing to not confuse the
+ * _CPU_Context_switch(). On SMP configurations the context switch
+ * contains a special hand over section to atomically switch from the
+ * executing to the currently selected heir thread.
+ */
+ _CPU_Context_Set_is_executing( &trash, true );
+ _CPU_Context_switch( &trash, &heir->Registers );
+ }
#else
_CPU_Context_Restart_self( &heir->Registers );
#endif
--
2.1.4
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