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Subject[tip: core/rcu] rcu: Ensure that ->rcu_urgent_qs is set before resched IPI
The following commit has been merged into the core/rcu branch of tip:

Commit-ID: 05ef9e9eb3dade21413680f41eb0170778e8ae2b
Gitweb: https://git.kernel.org/tip/05ef9e9eb3dade21413680f41eb0170778e8ae2b
Author: Joel Fernandes (Google) <joel@joelfernandes.org>
AuthorDate: Thu, 15 Aug 2019 22:59:14 -04:00
Committer: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
CommitterDate: Wed, 30 Oct 2019 08:34:35 -07:00

rcu: Ensure that ->rcu_urgent_qs is set before resched IPI

The RCU-specific resched_cpu() function sends a resched IPI to the
specified CPU, which can be used to force the tick on for a given
nohz_full CPU. This is needed when this nohz_full CPU is looping in the
kernel while blocking the current grace period. However, for the tick
to actually be forced on in all cases, that CPU's rcu_data structure's
->rcu_urgent_qs flag must be set beforehand. This commit therefore
causes rcu_implicit_dynticks_qs() to set this flag prior to invoking
resched_cpu() on a holdout nohz_full CPU.

Signed-off-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) <joel@joelfernandes.org>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
---
kernel/rcu/tree.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
index 8110514..0d83b19 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
@@ -1073,6 +1073,7 @@ static int rcu_implicit_dynticks_qs(struct rcu_data *rdp)
if (tick_nohz_full_cpu(rdp->cpu) &&
time_after(jiffies,
READ_ONCE(rdp->last_fqs_resched) + jtsq * 3)) {
+ WRITE_ONCE(*ruqp, true);
resched_cpu(rdp->cpu);
WRITE_ONCE(rdp->last_fqs_resched, jiffies);
}
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