1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/workqueue.c b/kernel/workqueue.c
index 6f019219ddbd..e52d002d3893 100644
--- a/kernel/workqueue.c
+++ b/kernel/workqueue.c
@@ -2188,6 +2188,15 @@ __acquires(&pool->lock)
                 dump_stack();
         }
 
+        /*
+         * The following prevents a kworker from hogging CPU on !PREEMPT
+         * kernels, where a requeueing work item waiting for something to
+         * happen could deadlock with stop_machine as such work item could
+         * indefinitely requeue itself while all other CPUs are trapped in
+         * stop_machine.
+         */
+        cond_resched();
+
         spin_lock_irq(&pool->lock);
 
         /* clear cpu intensive status */