Re: [PATCH 3.18 132/134] rcu: Do RCU GP kthread self-wakeup from softirq and interrupt
From: Paul E. McKenney
Date: Mon Mar 25 2019 - 12:03:39 EST
On Sat, Mar 23, 2019 at 07:33:15AM +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 22, 2019 at 04:00:17PM +0000, He, Bo wrote:
> > Hi, Greg:
> > Can you hold on the 3.18-stable branch, it seems there are some issue, please see the comments from Paul:
> >
> > Comments from Paul:
> > I subjected all of the others to light rcutorture testing, which they passed. This v3.18 patch hung, however. Trying it again with stock
> > v3.18 got the same hang, so I believe we can exonerate the patch and give it a good firm "maybe" on 3.18.
> >
> > Worth paying special attention to further test results from 3.18.x, though!
>
> Ok, I've dropped this from the 3.18.y queue now, thanks.
Bo, if you know of a "y" for 3.18.y that would likely pass rcutorture
testing, please let me know.
Thanx, Paul