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SubjectRe: [GIT PULL] RCU changes for v3.3
On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 12:46:49AM +0100, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> Le mardi 24 janvier 2012 à 15:29 -0800, Paul E. McKenney a écrit :
>
> > And here is another version of the patch.
> >
> > Thanx, Paul
> >
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > x86: Avoid invoking RCU when CPU is idle
> >
> > The idle loop is a quiscent state for RCU, which means that RCU ignores
> > CPUs that have told RCU that they are idle via rcu_idle_enter(). There
> > are nevertheless quite a few places where idle CPUs use RCU, most commonly
> > indirectly via tracing. This patch fixes these problems for x86.
> >
> > Many of these bugs have been in the kernel for quite some time, but
> > Frederic's recent change now gives warnings.
> >
> > This patch takes the straightforward approach of pushing the
> > rcu_idle_enter()/rcu_idle_exit() pair further down into the core
> > of the idle loop.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paul.mckenney@linaro.org>
> > Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> >
>
> Oh well, just when I decided to sleep a bit, you send a new patch :)

;-) ;-) ;-)

> This seems to remove the warnings at least on my x86_64 server, thanks !
>
> Tested-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>

Good to hear! Thank you!!! I have added your Reported-by and
Tested-by.

Thanx, Paul

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