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SubjectRe: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 11/20] sched,rcu: Make cond_resched() provide RCU quiescent state
On Sat, Jan 14, 2017 at 01:13:12AM -0800, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> There is some confusion as to which of cond_resched() or
> cond_resched_rcu_qs() should be added to long in-kernel loops.
> This commit therefore eliminates the decision by adding RCU
> quiescent states to cond_resched().
>
> Warning: This is a prototype. For example, it does not correctly
> handle Tasks RCU. Which is OK for the moment, given that no one
> actually uses Tasks RCU yet.
>
> Reported-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@kernel.org>
> Not-yet-signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>

Do you intend to merge this patch, or have you just posted it for
review?

You may want to remove it from this 20-patch series and post it as a
separate RFC PATCH, to ensure that it doesn't get merged while still a
prototype.

> include/linux/sched.h | 3 ++-
> kernel/sched/core.c | 1 +
> 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
> index 4d1905245c7a..1531c48f56e2 100644
> --- a/include/linux/sched.h
> +++ b/include/linux/sched.h
> @@ -3352,10 +3352,11 @@ static inline int signal_pending_state(long state, struct task_struct *p)
> * cond_resched_lock() will drop the spinlock before scheduling,
> * cond_resched_softirq() will enable bhs before scheduling.
> */
> +void rcu_all_qs(void);
> #ifndef CONFIG_PREEMPT
> extern int _cond_resched(void);
> #else
> -static inline int _cond_resched(void) { return 0; }
> +static inline int _cond_resched(void) { rcu_all_qs(); return 0; }
> #endif
>
> #define cond_resched() ({ \
> diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
> index c56fb57f2991..b442f8918eb9 100644
> --- a/kernel/sched/core.c
> +++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
> @@ -4907,6 +4907,7 @@ int __sched _cond_resched(void)
> preempt_schedule_common();
> return 1;
> }
> + rcu_all_qs();
> return 0;
> }
> EXPORT_SYMBOL(_cond_resched);
> --
> 2.5.2
>

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