Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 16 Jun 2015 11:43:42 -0400 | From | Steven Rostedt <> | Subject | Re: call_rcu from trace_preempt |
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On Tue, 16 Jun 2015 07:16:26 -0700 "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
> > Just for the record: Using a thread for freeing the memory is curing the > > problem without the need to modify rcu_is_watching. > > I must confess to liking this approach better than guaranteeing full-up > reentrancy in call_rcu() and kfree_rcu(). ;-) >
Then reentrancy must be really bad if you prefer a spinning thread that polls constantly just to free an item ;-)
-- Steve
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