1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/exit.c b/kernel/exit.c
index bc0ec674d3f4..6c2eeb8f6390 100644
--- a/kernel/exit.c
+++ b/kernel/exit.c
@@ -127,6 +127,11 @@ static void __exit_signal(struct task_struct *tsk)
         }
 }
 
+static void delayed_put_task_struct(struct rcu_head *rhp)
+{
+        put_task_struct(container_of(rhp, struct task_struct, rcu));
+}
+
 void release_task(struct task_struct * p)
 {
         int zap_leader;
@@ -168,7 +173,7 @@ repeat:
         spin_unlock(&p->proc_lock);
         proc_pid_flush(proc_dentry);
         release_thread(p);
-        put_task_struct(p);
+        call_rcu(&p->rcu, delayed_put_task_struct);
 
         p = leader;
         if (unlikely(zap_leader))