Re: [RFC] Make need_resched() return true when rcu_urgent_qs requested

David Woodhouse
2018-07-09T20:45:54Z

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On Mon, 2018-07-09 at 13:42 -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 09, 2018 at 09:35:38PM +0100, David Woodhouse wrote:
> >
> >
> > On Mon, 2018-07-09 at 13:34 -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> > >
> > > So here are the possible code paths when .rcu_urgent_qs is set to true:
> > >
> > > 1.      A context switch will record the quiescent state and clear
> > >         .rcu_urgent_qs.  (The failure to do the clearing in current -rcu
> > >         for PREEMPT builds is a performance bug that I need to fix.)
> >
> > What if there's nothing else runnable and there is no actual context
> > switch?
>
> The scheduler invokes rcu_note_context_switch() before looking to see
> if there really will or won't be a context switch.
>
> I am sure that Peter will correct me if I am confused on this point.  ;-)

Ah, OK. Yes, that looks correct. Thanks.

I'll give your patch a spin tomorrow, unless Marius beats me to it.

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