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authorPaul E. McKenney <paul.mckenney@linaro.org>2011-11-23 05:43:02 +0100
committerPaul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>2011-12-11 19:32:02 +0100
commitf535a607c13c7b674e0788ca5765779aa74a01c3 (patch)
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parentrcu: Avoid needlessly IPIing CPUs at GP end (diff)
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rcu: Eliminate RCU_FAST_NO_HZ grace-period hang
With the new implementation of RCU_FAST_NO_HZ, it was possible to hang RCU grace periods as follows: o CPU 0 attempts to go idle, cycles several times through the rcu_prepare_for_idle() loop, then goes dyntick-idle when RCU needs nothing more from it, while still having at least on RCU callback pending. o CPU 1 goes idle with no callbacks. Both CPUs can then stay in dyntick-idle mode indefinitely, preventing the RCU grace period from ever completing, possibly hanging the system. This commit therefore prevents CPUs that have RCU callbacks from entering dyntick-idle mode. This approach also eliminates the need for the end-of-grace-period IPIs used previously. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paul.mckenney@linaro.org> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
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