Re: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 04/18] rcu: Use single-stage IPI algorithm for RCU expedited grace period

[Peter Zijlstra]

On Wed, Oct 07, 2015 at 03:43:11PM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 06, 2015 at 09:29:23AM -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> > @@ -167,42 +307,18 @@ static void rcu_preempt_note_context_switch(void)
> 
> > -		raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rnp->lock, flags);
> 
> This again reminds me that we should move rcu_note_context_switch()
> under the IRQ disable section the scheduler already has or remove the
> IRQ disable from rcu_note_context_switch().

Ah, this is the unlikely path where we actually need to do work. The
normal fast paths no longer require IRQs disabled, you already fixed
that last time, good!
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