Re: [PATCH 0/5 v3] rcu: Fix some rcu uses in extended quiescent state

["Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>]

On Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 04:39:57PM +0200, Frederic Weisbecker wrote:
> This is an updated set that tries to fix some illegal uses
> of RCU that are made in extended quiescent state, ie: between
> calls of rcu_enter_nohz() and rcu_exit_nohz().

Thank you, Frederic!

I have queued these, and have started testing them.

							Thanx, Paul

> Changes:
> 
> - Restructuring of the changes in nohz core code. We need to handle
> the case when the tick is not stopped from tick_nohz_idle_enter() but
> from the irq exit path when the irq happens in idle loop. This should
> fix the RCU stall Paul detected after applying my patches.
> The first patch sort of overlaps the simple scope of fixes for RCU
> but I believe it makes the code slightly more simple and optimized
> in the end.
> 
> - Rename tick_nohz_enter_idle() into tick_nohz_idle_enter() (same for
> exit). That to stay coherent with usual naming (tips from Peterz on
> the nohz cpuset patchset that needs similar changes).
> 
> - Remove the rcu_ext_qs parameter from tick_nohz_idle_exit(). We only
> need it in tick_nohz_idle_enter() because as long as we call
> rcu_enter_nohz() explicitly, we really want to pair it with an explicit
> call to rcu_exit_nohz() (and vice versa), to avoid confusion.
> 
> There are still the powerpc fixes that are not included. But I would
> like to first get this set merged in Paul's tree before focusing on
> the powerpc reported issues.
> 
> Frederic Weisbecker (5):
>   nohz: Seperate out irq exit and idle loop dyntick logic
>   nohz: Allow rcu extended state handling seperately from tick stop
>   x86: Enter rcu extended qs after idle notifier call
>   x86: Call idle notifier after irq_enter()
>   rcu: Fix early call to rcu_irq_exit()
> 
>  arch/arm/kernel/process.c                |    4 +-
>  arch/avr32/kernel/process.c              |    4 +-
>  arch/blackfin/kernel/process.c           |    4 +-
>  arch/microblaze/kernel/process.c         |    4 +-
>  arch/mips/kernel/process.c               |    4 +-
>  arch/powerpc/kernel/idle.c               |    4 +-
>  arch/powerpc/platforms/iseries/setup.c   |    8 +-
>  arch/s390/kernel/process.c               |    4 +-
>  arch/sh/kernel/idle.c                    |    4 +-
>  arch/sparc/kernel/process_64.c           |    4 +-
>  arch/tile/kernel/process.c               |    4 +-
>  arch/um/kernel/process.c                 |    4 +-
>  arch/unicore32/kernel/process.c          |    4 +-
>  arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c              |    6 +-
>  arch/x86/kernel/apic/io_apic.c           |    2 +-
>  arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c         |    2 +-
>  arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/therm_throt.c |    2 +-
>  arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/threshold.c   |    2 +-
>  arch/x86/kernel/irq.c                    |    6 +-
>  arch/x86/kernel/process_32.c             |    4 +-
>  arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c             |    9 ++-
>  include/linux/tick.h                     |   12 ++-
>  kernel/softirq.c                         |    4 +-
>  kernel/time/tick-sched.c                 |  110 ++++++++++++++++++++----------
>  24 files changed, 131 insertions(+), 84 deletions(-)
> 
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