1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/sched.c b/kernel/sched.c
index df6579d9b4df..0bba34a48d10 100644
--- a/kernel/sched.c
+++ b/kernel/sched.c
@@ -5337,7 +5337,19 @@ void __cpuinit init_idle(struct task_struct *idle, int cpu)
         idle->se.exec_start = sched_clock();
 
         cpumask_copy(&idle->cpus_allowed, cpumask_of(cpu));
+        /*
+         * We're having a chicken and egg problem, even though we are
+         * holding rq->lock, the cpu isn't yet set to this cpu so the
+         * lockdep check in task_group() will fail.
+         *
+         * Similar case to sched_fork(). / Alternatively we could
+         * use task_rq_lock() here and obtain the other rq->lock.
+         *
+         * Silence PROVE_RCU
+         */
+        rcu_read_lock();
         __set_task_cpu(idle, cpu);
+        rcu_read_unlock();
 
         rq->curr = rq->idle = idle;
 #if defined(CONFIG_SMP) && defined(__ARCH_WANT_UNLOCKED_CTXSW)