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-rw-r--r--kernel/rcu/tree.c10
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diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
index a23877a773be..7c2231823e84 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
@@ -2005,7 +2005,15 @@ static noinline_for_stack void rcu_gp_fqs_loop(void)
rcu_gp_torture_wait();
WRITE_ONCE(rcu_state.gp_state, RCU_GP_DOING_FQS);
/* Locking provides needed memory barriers. */
- /* If grace period done, leave loop. */
+ /*
+ * Exit the loop if the root rcu_node structure indicates that the grace period
+ * has ended, leave the loop. The rcu_preempt_blocked_readers_cgp(rnp) check
+ * is required only for single-node rcu_node trees because readers blocking
+ * the current grace period are queued only on leaf rcu_node structures.
+ * For multi-node trees, checking the root node's ->qsmask suffices, because a
+ * given root node's ->qsmask bit is cleared only when all CPUs and tasks from
+ * the corresponding leaf nodes have passed through their quiescent state.
+ */
if (!READ_ONCE(rnp->qsmask) &&
!rcu_preempt_blocked_readers_cgp(rnp))
break;