The current code will scan the entirety of each per-CPU list of exiting tasks in ->rtp_exit_list with interrupts disabled. This is normally just fine, because each CPU typically won't have very many tasks in this state. However, if a large number of tasks block late in do_exit(), these lists could be arbitrarily long. Low probability, perhaps, but it really could happen. This commit therefore occasionally re-enables interrupts while traversing these lists, inserting a dummy element to hold the current place in the list. In kernels built with CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT=y, this re-enabling happens after each list element is processed, otherwise every one-to-two jiffies. [ paulmck: Apply Frederic Weisbecker feedback. ] Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/ZdeI_-RfdLR8jlsm@localhost.localdomain/ Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: Sebastian Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de> Cc: Anna-Maria Behnsen <anna-maria@linutronix.de> Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> Signed-off-by: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com>