Re: [GIT PULL rcu/next] rcu commits for 2.6.40

From: Frederic Weisbecker
Date: Sun May 15 2011 - 18:01:27 EST


On Sat, May 14, 2011 at 11:34:53AM -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> rcutree.c | 91 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
> 1 file changed, 75 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/rcutree.c b/kernel/rcutree.c
> index a4a2ef0..0b541bd 100644
> --- a/kernel/rcutree.c
> +++ b/kernel/rcutree.c
> @@ -308,23 +308,25 @@ static int rcu_implicit_offline_qs(struct rcu_data *rdp)
>
> #ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ
>
> -/**
> - * rcu_enter_nohz - inform RCU that current CPU is entering nohz
> +/*
> + * __rcu_enter_nohz - inform RCU that current CPU is entering nohz
> *
> * Enter nohz mode, in other words, -leave- the mode in which RCU
> * read-side critical sections can occur. (Though RCU read-side
> * critical sections can occur in irq handlers in nohz mode, a possibility
> * handled by rcu_irq_enter() and rcu_irq_exit()).
> + *
> + * This variant should only be called from rcu_irq_exit() because it
> + * assumes perfect nesting. The caller must have irqs disabled.
> */
> -void rcu_enter_nohz(void)
> +void __rcu_enter_nohz(void)
> {
> - unsigned long flags;
> struct rcu_dynticks *rdtp;
>
> - local_irq_save(flags);
> rdtp = &__get_cpu_var(rcu_dynticks);
> + WARN_ON_ONCE(rdtp->dynticks_nesting <= 0);

But this warning will always trigger if it's called from rcu_irq_enter()
after rcu_enter_nohz(). Right?
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