linux/kernel/rcu
Paul E. McKenney 1d082fd061 rcu: Remove local_irq_disable() in rcu_preempt_note_context_switch()
The rcu_preempt_note_context_switch() function is on a scheduling fast
path, so it would be good to avoid disabling irqs.  The reason that irqs
are disabled is to synchronize process-level and irq-handler access to
the task_struct ->rcu_read_unlock_special bitmask.  This commit therefore
makes ->rcu_read_unlock_special instead be a union of bools with a short
allowing single-access checks in RCU's __rcu_read_unlock().  This results
in the process-level and irq-handler accesses being simple loads and
stores, so that irqs need no longer be disabled.  This commit therefore
removes the irq disabling from rcu_preempt_note_context_switch().

Reported-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2014-09-07 16:27:34 -07:00
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Makefile rcutorture: Abstract rcu_torture_random() 2014-02-23 09:00:58 -08:00
rcu.h rcu: Fix __rcu_reclaim() to use true/false for bool 2014-07-09 09:15:32 -07:00
rcutorture.c rcutorture: Add torture tests for RCU-tasks 2014-09-07 16:27:24 -07:00
srcu.c rcu: Eliminate read-modify-write ACCESS_ONCE() calls 2014-07-09 09:14:49 -07:00
tiny_plugin.h rcu: Protect uses of ->jiffies_stall with ACCESS_ONCE() 2014-04-29 08:44:41 -07:00
tiny.c rcu: Add call_rcu_tasks() 2014-09-07 16:27:19 -07:00
tree_plugin.h rcu: Remove local_irq_disable() in rcu_preempt_note_context_switch() 2014-09-07 16:27:34 -07:00
tree_trace.c rcu: Stop tracking FSF's postal address 2014-02-17 15:01:37 -08:00
tree.c rcu: Make TASKS_RCU handle nohz_full= CPUs 2014-09-07 16:27:30 -07:00
tree.h rcu: Make TASKS_RCU handle nohz_full= CPUs 2014-09-07 16:27:30 -07:00
update.c rcu: Remove local_irq_disable() in rcu_preempt_note_context_switch() 2014-09-07 16:27:34 -07:00