Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 29 Oct 2009 07:10:18 -0700 | From | "Paul E. McKenney" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 0/2] RCU force_quiescent_state() fix and dyntick cleanup |
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On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 10:05:37AM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote: > > * Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote: > > > This patch series contains a cleanup and a fix: > > > > o Code cleanup from Lai Jiangshan that makes the calls to > > rcu_irq_enter() and rcu_irq_exit() more obviously correct. > > The previous code worked because rcu_irq_exit() is always > > an empty function if !NO_HZ. > > Can go via tip:core/rcu, agreed?
Agreed.
> > o Fix a low-probability race in the TREE_RCU infrastructure > > that can be triggered by extremely long grace periods. > > Should go via tip:core/urgent as it's a fix for .32, agreed?
Also agreed.
Thanx, Paul
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