FAILED: patch "[PATCH] rcu: Pull deferred rcuog wake up to rcu_eqs_enter() callers" failed to apply to 4.9-stable tree

[<gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

The patch below does not apply to the 4.9-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
id to <stable@vger.kernel.org>.

thanks,

greg k-h

------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------

From 54b7429efffc99e845ba9381bee3244f012a06c2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org>
Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2021 00:05:44 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] rcu: Pull deferred rcuog wake up to rcu_eqs_enter() callers

Deferred wakeup of rcuog kthreads upon RCU idle mode entry is going to
be handled differently whether initiated by idle, user or guest. Prepare
with pulling that control up to rcu_eqs_enter() callers.

Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210131230548.32970-2-frederic@kernel.org

diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
index 40e5e3dd253e..63032e5620b9 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
@@ -644,7 +644,6 @@ static noinstr void rcu_eqs_enter(bool user)
 	trace_rcu_dyntick(TPS("Start"), rdp->dynticks_nesting, 0, atomic_read(&rdp->dynticks));
 	WARN_ON_ONCE(IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RCU_EQS_DEBUG) && !user && !is_idle_task(current));
 	rdp = this_cpu_ptr(&rcu_data);
-	do_nocb_deferred_wakeup(rdp);
 	rcu_prepare_for_idle();
 	rcu_preempt_deferred_qs(current);
 
@@ -672,7 +671,10 @@ static noinstr void rcu_eqs_enter(bool user)
  */
 void rcu_idle_enter(void)
 {
+	struct rcu_data *rdp = this_cpu_ptr(&rcu_data);
+
 	lockdep_assert_irqs_disabled();
+	do_nocb_deferred_wakeup(rdp);
 	rcu_eqs_enter(false);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rcu_idle_enter);
@@ -691,7 +693,14 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rcu_idle_enter);
  */
 noinstr void rcu_user_enter(void)
 {
+	struct rcu_data *rdp = this_cpu_ptr(&rcu_data);
+
 	lockdep_assert_irqs_disabled();
+
+	instrumentation_begin();
+	do_nocb_deferred_wakeup(rdp);
+	instrumentation_end();
+
 	rcu_eqs_enter(true);
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL */