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SubjectRe: [PATCH] sofirq: make rcu_irq_enter()/rcu_irq_exit() called in pairs
On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 04:00:11PM +0800, Lai Jiangshan wrote:
>
> irq_enter() calls rcu_irq_enter() unconditionally,
> the same as irq_exit() calls rcu_irq_exit().
>
> It does not change the binary because rcu_irq_enter()
> is dummy when !CONFIG_NO_HZ.
>
> It's just a cleanup.

This does look like a nice cleanup! I will pull it in and test it.

Yes, it should be provably the same, but RCU has taught me to be quite
paranoid. ;-)

Thanx, Paul

> Signed-off-by: Lai Jiangshan <laijs@cn.fujitsu.com>
> ---
> diff --git a/kernel/softirq.c b/kernel/softirq.c
> index f8749e5..21939d9 100644
> --- a/kernel/softirq.c
> +++ b/kernel/softirq.c
> @@ -302,9 +302,9 @@ void irq_exit(void)
> if (!in_interrupt() && local_softirq_pending())
> invoke_softirq();
>
> + rcu_irq_exit();
> #ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ
> /* Make sure that timer wheel updates are propagated */
> - rcu_irq_exit();
> if (idle_cpu(smp_processor_id()) && !in_interrupt() && !need_resched())
> tick_nohz_stop_sched_tick(0);
> #endif
>


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