Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 2 Feb 2012 09:30:39 -0800 | From | "Paul E. McKenney" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH RFC tip/core/rcu 21/41] rcu: Inform RCU of irq_exit() activity |
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On Wed, Feb 01, 2012 at 06:30:33PM -0800, Josh Triplett wrote: > On Wed, Feb 01, 2012 at 11:41:39AM -0800, Paul E. McKenney wrote: > > [ Alternatively, delaying the ->rcu_read_lock_nesting decrement > > until after the special handling would make the thing more robust > > in the face of interrupts as well. And there is a separate patch > > for that. ] > > Where does that separate patch live, and should it replace this one?
It is #18 in this series: "rcu: Protect __rcu_read_unlock() against scheduler-using irq handlers". Both are needed. I will rework the commit message appropriately.
Thanx, Paul
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